Le Lycee Francais de Los Angeles - Actualites Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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Mile Codron Assistant Vice-Principal Dr. Pemberton Dean of Studies Assistant Principals M. Garnier Dr. Gerard

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MESSAGE DU There is a gradual but growing feeling that things aren ' t going as they should be. This sense of unease is not peculiar to America; this same thought is being echoed throughout the world. While worldwide economics have much to do with this sense of distress, it is far more than an economic problem. It is equally a crisis of cooperation. As our 1983 graduates go off in the world, perhaps they too have this feeling. Perhaps their parents sense it as well. It is an impression — hard to pin down — that something is wrong; that the traditional dream is gone. To a degree, this sense of unease is quite real, but it is neither a crisis nor a surprise. It has been predicted for years by social scientists and future thinkers. It is a basic change in the entire structure of world cultures as people try to accommodate themselves to new realities. Above all, it is a reality for which our graduates have been specifically trained . This is the purpose of education in one measure. We are undergoing a monu- mental shift in this nation ' s basic structure. It is a revolution that we have not seen in 150 years, when the transition was made from an agri- cultural nation to an industrial power. Now we are shifting to an electronic, information-handling economy, and millions of old skill workers will have to be retrained to meet these new realities. John Naisbitt, author of the bestseller Megatrends , describes this as an ongoing revolution, noting that we will all have to learn to learn in order to survive. Learning to learn is an ongoing life process, and in the new order, people may have to learn a number of different professions in the course of their lifetimes: An exciting concept, to be sure, and it is easy to see how our concept of education fits this mold. Preparing for this new future will require an entirely new class of leader- ship — political, economic, scientific and humanistic — for which Lycee graduates are uniquely well prepared. In dealing with future problems, peoples and nations will have to work together in a new sense of cooperation and alliance. An international perspective will be mandatory. So in wishing the traditional best of luck to our 1983 graduates, we are not sending them forth without skills or resources. They have knowledge and they have facts. They have a well-rounded background and they have language. They have a sense of discipline yet still enjoy a zest for life. They certainly have enthusiasm — their own dreams — and through their ex- posure to so many other students of diverse backgrounds, they have an international perspective that is quite unique. They have also learned how to learn! So we send these young men and women forth and will all watch their future successes with much interest and pride. And they will succeed. They are, after all, Lycee graduates! RAYMOND KABBAZ

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Mme Lanthiez M. Anselme Assistant Principals Mme Hayek Mme Loder