TEENAGERS AT PLAY
According to parents, 3/4 of the teenagers time is spent seeking recreation of
one sort or another. (The other l/4, needless to say, is spent trying to get out
of chores they were supposed to bo doing while they were engaged in this recreat
ion. ) How do teenagers spend all this valuable time? Well we are about to tell you.
Back in the lower 48 you find them in the local maltshops, in the nearest theat
ers, (That*s because they're too lazy to walk farther than a block! ) at parties,
irive-ins, beaches and other odd places. "Oh yes", and we mustn’t forget the most
common source of teenage recreation; you can always find -them sprawled out in front
of the T.V. or lying in some peculiar position keeping some lucky telephone oper
ator busy.
On Adak, however, teenagers find recreational sources limited and so they must
rely on their imaginations. (Save us.) Of course they have the movie, the bov/ling
alleys, and the Teen Club. Every Friday night the Teen Club has a dance where the
'•ids can all get together and have a blast playing musical chairs, until the chap
erons turn their backs, Then there is always the Williwaw. The kids can go there
r.o get cokes, food, and listen to last months hit records on the jukebox. Or the
ooys can try their luck on the pinball machines. (Funny how they seem to always
win on certain machines).
And now to get to those recreational sources which we mentioned that are a prod
jct of our teens imaginations. Nov/ you may smirk at the idea of some of our prom
ising^ )Adak teenagers having any imaginative powers—but just stop and think, a
minute, what else but imagination could have inspired such dances as the "Fly", or
the Watuse and the "slop".
There are various other things teenagers do for entertainment but the one most
often used and widely known is lying around and being lazy. This to teens is the
most. While they are laying around they employ various means of entertainment such
is listening to the radio, or planning how they are going to get out of the work so
chey can lay around some more. Now you mustn’t coidem them for this, after all they
are really not lazy, they’re just saving their strength for the £iture,(ln the fut
ure they have a big dance scheduled. )
Well we guess we have left a pretty bad impression of the teenager for all of
you, and we'll probably be in the hospital after our fellow teens read this so we
gues we'd better put in a good line for them._BLANK___
No, teens aren't really as bad as they're made out to be, they raise hard earned
cash for their parties, and work hard so they can enjoy them. Your teens on Adak
do have many sources or recreation to keep them busy. Don’t grumble parents. Re
member as long as they're busy they can't get into trouble!
Well, we guess that finishes’ our column, and we can go lay on the divan and rest,
for this has caused a great deal of effort and we are quite weak. Its time for
just lying around.
Zelda and Cathy
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