North Carolina School of Science and Math - Odyssey Yearbook (Durham, NC)

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Quest Odessey involves the acceptance of a greater challenge, pursuit through the quest, and the final fulfillment through personal growth. With the unicorn as the symbol of our goals, we proceed with the challenges before us. The challenge catalyzes our odyssey. We prepare for the road ahead. The school provides the test, for it is a challenge in itself. Selection of the few who are committed to the goal is the school ' s challenge. We question whether or not to accept this demanding education. We decide to strive toward the challenge, and we pursue our quest and smaller challenges ahead. The quest includes the tiny successes and failures along the road. Successes enlighten our visions of the unicorn. Failures clarify the unicorn, helping to perfect its image. The unicorn does not remain constant, making the search for it uncertain. Fulfillment arrives when the unicorn is finally sighted. Often this unicorn differs entirely from the one sought at first. The successes and failures mold the form of the different unicorn. We gain through the unicorn ' s evolution a new awareness of purpose. And so the search continues. 1978 . . . Durham or Charlotte . . . renovate or build? . . . delayed until September 7 ... a living learning experience . . . Are you homesick? . . . Mom, I ' m hungry . . . Domino ' s . . . PDA . . . N.C. School of American Studies? . . . time man- agement . . . Fairs . . . 7Vi, 10K, or Lustrium . . . study over Christmas for exams ... I got a C . . . white, pink, or red carnation? . . . March 15 to 29 ... empty, Box 64, Hill . . . Easter then independent projects . . . time capsule committee . . . Branson ' s formula . . . Association of Future Scientists and Mathematicians . . . Student Government suggestion box . . . SAB meeting at 7:00 p.m. . . . Governor and Lt. Governor . . . Odyssey . . . brown and orange? . . . Maius Opus Moveo . . . Morning Has Broken . . . Beall line here . . . Roast and Recognition . . . Alpha . . . 2

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A swift, warm breeze brings scents of faraway places and mystical adventures — a longing to leave and to journey stirs your heart and soul. The desire to look for something grows, yet you do not know what you seek. The challenge is to realize what your heart wishes and to accept this destiny. Truly our challenge began when we as young adults realized that we wanted to pursue a greater goal in our lifetime and to define our goal and the ways to achieve it. Our seeking accep- tance to this school reflected our beliefs that a deeper and broader education is a means of attaining the dreams we have become aware of. 4