Sherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies - Excalibur Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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:i j itMfsaB3a r. TUDENT No one can live with nor can they without them, there is no way to avoid them, they are everywhere. Technical difficulty A. -bra cadabra, poof! Just like that this new age of electronics appeared before our eyes. Can you remember a time when there was no such thing as video tape re- corders, video cameras, CD. players, or walkmen? Believe it or not people just one generation before us had to survive with out these wonderful electronic gagets. There was a time where only the very rich owned television sets. After a few years TV ' s where found in the average family ' s houses all across America. Pretty soon this wouldn ' t be enough, people wanted movies at home. So video cassettes came into the picture. Just like TV they started out ex- pensive, but as the price lessened more peo- ple bought them. Now almost every student or family has at least one of these electronic marvels, a TV, a video recorder, a video camera, a CD player or a walkman. Isn ' t it great! — Jeff Fischbach follows every senior event with his video camera so thai the senior film will have every special moment on it. Not missing a single event, this film will keep the senior spirit of ' 89 alive forever. by Heather Bergen We have the full visual and sound exper- ience brought into our living room and the public is still not satisfied. They wanted entertainment for all senses to the point of perfection, so the crystal clear sounds of C.D. ' s arrived. Yet complete satisfaction is not achieved until all of th ese things be- come portable, how ever this does cause some problems. Students sneaking them into school and there also much easier to steal. I can get away with listening to the ra- dio in class any day, any time, any period, with any teacher. Hiding my walkman is no problem an anonymous 1 1th grader said. All this technology has gone to many peoples heads, they no longer can be left with out these luxuries that have invaded their everyday lives, they can not even leave home without them. 26 Electronics Student Life

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— ; Before going to sleep many students watch television to relieve the day ' s stress and pressure. What are their favorite television shows? Prime time ' s best A .variety of shows appear on televi- sion during the period of seven o ' clock to ten o ' clock in the night time. From Vietnam war stories such as Tour of Duty to ad- ventures of an alien living on Earth such as Alf, television supplies shows that suit all kinds of people and moods. This period of time is called Prime Time. Some of the favorite Prime Time televi- sion shows are Full House. The Wonder Years. 21 Jump Street. Married with Children. The Cosb Show. and A Different World. Full House, on Fridays at eight thirty on channel seven is about a widower, his brother in law. and his friend taking care of this three daughters. Our favorite T.V. show is Full House because Michelle, the baby, says cute things and acts funny, said Ayelet Lehav and Katheryn Tschumper. sixth grade. The Wonder Years on Wednesdays at nine o ' clock on channel seven is about an adults flashback on his own childhood life in the sixties when he had to tackle obsta- cles such as famih problems and girls. By Koty Musaka 21 Jump Street on Sundays at seven o ' clock on channel eleven is about five high school undercover police who bust those who break the law and often learn a lesson of their own while doing so. I like ' 21 Jump Street ' because it teach- es boys and girls not to take drugs and all that other stuff. It also shows how the sys- tem for undercover narcs ' works. said Paul Martin, fifth grader. The Cosby Show on Thursdays at eight o ' clock on channel four is about a family who often run into the common fam- ily problems. I like ' The Cosby Show because you can relate the family problems on T.V. to those of your own, said Paul Etchevery, ninth grade. Different World on Thursda ' at eight thirty on channel four is about one of the daughter ' s life at college from The Cosby Show. .My favorite television show is ' A Differ- ent World because it gives a sense of safe college life. ' said Crystal Nordstedt, tenth grade. Oh and remember when ... — Brian Menudue and Hong Tang talk about ALF (alien life formj that was on Monday night on eight o ' clock on channel four followed by Hogan ' s Family. Television % Student Life .Z3

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Hurry! Don ' t be late! — Students no longer run to their lockers to gel their books. Instead they are in a hurry to get a t ape to make it through the next period. Working to the tunes is more fun. You just better not gel caught. Click! — Eric Gordon. I Ith grader just can ' t put his camera down. He needs to be on the look out for any good pictures he can take for the yearbook. Decisions, decisions, decisions. — The variety of vid- eo cameras are so extensive that it makes it very difficult to chose which one you want to buy. Finding places to buy them is no problem. They are sold every- where vou look. It ' s what I ' ve always wanted. — This audio system includes everything you could possible want. It has a CD player, dual cassettes, turntable, tuner, and equalizer. Everything you could possibly dream of to musically entertain for hours. Electronics ' Student Life Z I