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...father. The next day, Pat stopped by to say he'd looked into the Coast Guard, even talked to a recruiter. He said he was thinking of being a Coast Guard spokesman. Less gently, Yates told Pat he didn't think quickly enough on his feet for that job. Pat wasn't offended; he just laughed and said, "If I go into the Coast Guard, I'm going to get one of those big Coast Guard tattoos on my arm." Yates smiled his boyish grin and said, "If you go to Havana, will you bring me back some cigars...
With many parents working, it is hard for them to monitor their children. Unless they forbid their kids to go out with friends, parents must rely on trust. "I feel that if [my son] hasn't learned the proper values by 16, then we haven't done our job," says a mother. Sometimes it is easier to simply avoid a confrontation. "Usually my parents ask me where I'm going, and I say, 'Out,'" says a senior. "If they keep badgering me, I say I'm going out to get drunk. They think it's very funny...
Even Anne's whirlwind energy has its limits. She recently quit her job at the Gap. She has never really been on a date. "I just don't have the time," she says. Mostly, though, she just skimps on sleep, surviving on less than six hours most nights...
Once the school day ends, Webster Groves Statesmen choose their videos, their meals, their gas and their clothes carefully, because they know the chances are good they will be served by a schoolmate. These days being 16 in Webster Groves typically means a car and a job, mixing up to 40 hours a week at work into the already delicate balance of school, friends and family. Some students work to save for college or to help their parents pay the bills, but most do it for cars, insurance and clothes. "Working lets me establish my independence," says senior Nick McCormick...
Most weekdays, Elizabeth starts work at 3 p.m. and is finished by 8. On Saturdays she puts in 11 hours at Kraus Farms, a job she keeps as much to ride horses as to earn extra cash. Sunday is her "hell day": she starts at Kraus Farms at 8 a.m., teaches until 5 p.m., grabs some food, drives to Hollywood Video and works there from 6 until 11 p.m. "I'm sure I'm sacrificing my health," Elizabeth says, "but I'm actually doing better in school than I ever have...