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Money came and went quickly; students
spent money on clothes and gas.
Money Dissipates

Melissa Beverly

our bank account was empty
Y mall and buy CDs because I like to
and your next paycheck listen to music," sophomore Lisa
wasn't for another week. Moore said.

from my point of You needed money for that car Weekends were another time
payment and that new C.D. The money was a concern. Whether
vzew only problem was that you were going out to eat, going to the mov-
broke.
ies, or putting gas in the car, money
Even if students were work- was important.
ing one or two jobs, it never seemed "I can spend $50 to $60 on
like they had extra cash. Buying the weekend; J go out with friends,
Gap jeans or saving money for col- buy CDs, or go to the mall ," junior
lege stood in a student's way. Orlando Vera said.
"If I had $50 to spend, I When teens had money, it
would buy clothes," junior Becky didn't stay in their pockets for long.
Boyer said. Whether spending it on neccesities
Many teenagers spent or fun , teenagers ended up spend-
money on pleasures. "I go to the ing a great deal of money. r

Karen Koch
junior

mostly spend
my money on clothes
at the Gap. It also
seems like I spend a lot
of money on gas for my
car. My parents give
me a monthly allow-
ance to use however I
want.
I spend a lot of
money on the week-
ends when I go out with
my friends, too. We
usually use it to go to
football games, movies,
or out to eat. I tend to
spend money rather
than save it.
Over the sum-
mer, I liked traveling
with the track team
around the U.S. If I had
more money I would
want to do more travel-
ing , especially to Eu-
rope or N.Y.

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