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PROFILES—
Students
who serve
their school
Answering telephones
ByStepheaAbramowtti
Did 70a ever wonder why there are
10 many Lowell students hanging
•mind the first licor offices? Well.
ret all of them ai« waiting In Une to
lee their counselors.
Actually, many r* these Lowellltes
are office worken an Integral cog
la the working! of LoweU'i ad.
mtalstralloo.
Some stodfnts work as twllchboard -
operate** and secretaries, while
others hand!* attendance record! and
tardy passes. Whatever the; do. the
office workers share several op*
portnnlUa: they can earn cndUs.
become familiar with school ad-
* mnittration, and have fun all at toe
~ 'sametime.
' Worken receive betweea 2.5 and
Ihe credits or Qp to 30 Script L points
forthesrscrrlces,butUicirrc»ardhas
no bearing 00 their decision to work
in thr. office.
"It's good experience — to help you
decide what you want to do la life."
noted senior Bluer Castillo.
.-We do it dork in the office)
because w» ttka to bother Mrs. trrlng
(the secretary In room 134)." Joktd
senior Kfan Slrattn. Cwnlth> and SI*
mien have enjoyed their Jobs, and
they are working there (or the fourth
straight year.
Junk Anltra Whe and senior
Anltt Lee have the seemingly
monotonous Job of operating the
school's switchboard, but they make
the best of their situation.
"I hate ll when you want to take a
m*-Mf* and they (the callers) hang
- cmester
long. Library Science can be taken for
eight temesten from library 1 to
Library VIII. Library I