Lisa Haines by Alina A.
Lisa Haines (Grante) (past student and current teacher)
It was the year of the bicentennial; 1976 to be exact. Back as a teenager her first job was working at a local K-mart store but now has gained much experience in her life and is currently a CHS staff member, Mrs. Haines was attending Cascade High School as a senior student getting ready to graduate. Back in high school, she was probably referred to as Lisa Grante, but now is currently Lisa Haines after being married and also having three children, two girls and a boy. 33 years have passed since she walked the halls of Cascade as a regular student and it will be very interesting to see the difference of high school then and now and how her high school life was like. How different was this time, and what kind of similarities are there from Cascade High School in 1976 to 2010? We will reminisce back to the past as we discover her times as a student and her past experiences during this time.
Something that the past and current Cascade High School children have that is similar is stereotypes. There are stereotypes where you “fit in,” and everyone has this certain place within a popular rating in people’s minds. Mrs. Haines remembers, “Oh definitely. Actually it’s still that way too when we had our reunion. There were specific lunch tables and you wouldn’t sit at that table because the jocks did.” Not only was there certain stereotypes, but we also have the similarities of their trends and fashion. The saying, “Fashion always recycles itself,” may be true since leggings, short skirts/miniskirts, and other clothing have come back in style that were also a big trend during Mrs. Haines’s years of being a student. As we have explored some of the similarities, we realized that the differences of high school in 1976 and high school in 2010 are amazing as well.
Lately, many teenagers have become electronically dependent and have difficulties communicating without a cell phone in their hands. Mrs. Haines remembers, “Cell phones weren’t around back then. We also used to use typewriters… We had to take a typing class. I still type the way you’re supposed to type. Most kids don’t know the proper way to type.” Some may find it unimaginable to live a normal life without being able to communicate with people every hour of the day, so it must have been difficult to contact people. Though it is true that teenagers in this age have difficulty typing the proper way, she acknowledges that the way teenagers type with their fingers still have speed because that is the way they were taught, even though it is less efficient. Another difference between her time and the teenager’s time now is Drivers Ed. When you are in high school, you start to get your license and this is the start to becoming more independent. At the age of 16, Mrs. Haines only had to pay a mere $25 for her Drivers Ed when we now have to pay around $400. But having a license meant more freedom, even if there was a cost to it. So with this new found freedom where did Mrs. Haines and her friends go?
When asked about what she would do after school, and where the normal teenager would go hangout, she responded, “Cruise Colby. That was the big thing. There was a Herfy’s restaurant, a burger place. Everybody would just hangout there Friday night and then they’d just cruise Colby and show off their cars.” The Herfy’s burger place she described in Colby Street unfortunately does not exist anymore, and present time teenagers don’t drive near Colby often anymore, or even at all. We can see many changes that have happened in time. After school, not only did they hangout, but Mrs. Haines also was involved in extracurricular activities. There was a certain team called the Bruinettes. Bruinettes was Cascade’s very own drill team, but has been discontinued for some time now. Mrs. Haines was actually a member of this team. “I was part of the Bruinettes. I really didn’t enjoy high school until I joined Bruinettes.” Her best friend at the time also joined the same team, so we can also see how this team was also a social opportunity and fun extracurricular activity for her as well. Nowadays the teams that Cascade has that are similar to her drill team and are still active are cheer, flag team, and the newly created Illustrated Movements, which is a dance club.
As we look at the past events and things in Mrs. Haines life, we see how much times have changed in 33 years, and what high school was like for her growing up in Cascade High School’s very own halls. From typewriters, to fashion, cruising down Colby, and being a member of the Bruinettes, she was very involved and socialized like a normal teenager. Her growth and experiences have made her the person she is today, so it to know that she can be a person that can be looked up to.
It was the year of the bicentennial; 1976 to be exact. Back as a teenager her first job was working at a local K-mart store but now has gained much experience in her life and is currently a CHS staff member, Mrs. Haines was attending Cascade High School as a senior student getting ready to graduate. Back in high school, she was probably referred to as Lisa Grante, but now is currently Lisa Haines after being married and also having three children, two girls and a boy. 33 years have passed since she walked the halls of Cascade as a regular student and it will be very interesting to see the difference of high school then and now and how her high school life was like. How different was this time, and what kind of similarities are there from Cascade High School in 1976 to 2010? We will reminisce back to the past as we discover her times as a student and her past experiences during this time.
Something that the past and current Cascade High School children have that is similar is stereotypes. There are stereotypes where you “fit in,” and everyone has this certain place within a popular rating in people’s minds. Mrs. Haines remembers, “Oh definitely. Actually it’s still that way too when we had our reunion. There were specific lunch tables and you wouldn’t sit at that table because the jocks did.” Not only was there certain stereotypes, but we also have the similarities of their trends and fashion. The saying, “Fashion always recycles itself,” may be true since leggings, short skirts/miniskirts, and other clothing have come back in style that were also a big trend during Mrs. Haines’s years of being a student. As we have explored some of the similarities, we realized that the differences of high school in 1976 and high school in 2010 are amazing as well.
Lately, many teenagers have become electronically dependent and have difficulties communicating without a cell phone in their hands. Mrs. Haines remembers, “Cell phones weren’t around back then. We also used to use typewriters… We had to take a typing class. I still type the way you’re supposed to type. Most kids don’t know the proper way to type.” Some may find it unimaginable to live a normal life without being able to communicate with people every hour of the day, so it must have been difficult to contact people. Though it is true that teenagers in this age have difficulty typing the proper way, she acknowledges that the way teenagers type with their fingers still have speed because that is the way they were taught, even though it is less efficient. Another difference between her time and the teenager’s time now is Drivers Ed. When you are in high school, you start to get your license and this is the start to becoming more independent. At the age of 16, Mrs. Haines only had to pay a mere $25 for her Drivers Ed when we now have to pay around $400. But having a license meant more freedom, even if there was a cost to it. So with this new found freedom where did Mrs. Haines and her friends go?
When asked about what she would do after school, and where the normal teenager would go hangout, she responded, “Cruise Colby. That was the big thing. There was a Herfy’s restaurant, a burger place. Everybody would just hangout there Friday night and then they’d just cruise Colby and show off their cars.” The Herfy’s burger place she described in Colby Street unfortunately does not exist anymore, and present time teenagers don’t drive near Colby often anymore, or even at all. We can see many changes that have happened in time. After school, not only did they hangout, but Mrs. Haines also was involved in extracurricular activities. There was a certain team called the Bruinettes. Bruinettes was Cascade’s very own drill team, but has been discontinued for some time now. Mrs. Haines was actually a member of this team. “I was part of the Bruinettes. I really didn’t enjoy high school until I joined Bruinettes.” Her best friend at the time also joined the same team, so we can also see how this team was also a social opportunity and fun extracurricular activity for her as well. Nowadays the teams that Cascade has that are similar to her drill team and are still active are cheer, flag team, and the newly created Illustrated Movements, which is a dance club.
As we look at the past events and things in Mrs. Haines life, we see how much times have changed in 33 years, and what high school was like for her growing up in Cascade High School’s very own halls. From typewriters, to fashion, cruising down Colby, and being a member of the Bruinettes, she was very involved and socialized like a normal teenager. Her growth and experiences have made her the person she is today, so it to know that she can be a person that can be looked up to.