Park Center High School - Pirate Yearbook (Brooklyn Park, MN)

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19 “There’s Always Been a Lot of Interest in Orwell’s Book, and We Wanted to Find Out If Students Found It a Valuable Book to Bead.’’ — NBC Producer

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1984: Fact or Fiction? The yeor is 1984. Children spy on rheir fomilies. Telescreens monitor every move. Oceoniono is or wor with Eurosio. ond o mon nomed Winston Smith desperotely tries to retoin his individuoli-ty. This is not the present yeor 1984. bur George Orwell's imoge of 1984 written in 1949. Thirty-five yeors ogo he hod o vision of o horrible new world, o world where life wos controlled by The Party.” ond Big Brother” ruled everyone by roking owoy their most precious belongings — their right to think ond live for themselves. Although this book hos nor become reality, the threat still remains. Think of your own life ... does it seem that every move you moke is being monitored? Are you owore of the two-way mirrors ond comeros watching you in public? Do you realize rhor you ore being watched by companies oil over The book wos bizarre — Joyce Zone the world? Your privacy is being threatened ond it's oil legal. It wos just this nightmare that George Orwell wrote about, ond Pork Center is trying to moke its students owore of it. Mr Wordell teaches the novel, ond mokes students owore of its message. NBC, o popular television network, through o lor of connections become owore of Mr. Wordell's efforts. Mr. Stephen Groce, field producer ond writer for the Today Show” colled Mr. Wordell ond arranged to film his dosses. Meanwhile. Channel 11 news did the some thing. The medio hod discovered Pork Center! The NBC selection viewed on January 3. As you con see. 1984 caused o lot of uproar os people become increasingly owore of the threot that the future posed. Whot ore the symptoms of 1984 in your life? This page 1964, could It reolly happen in our time? Fodng page Top Mr Worden ponders over questions obout 1964. Oorrom Producer (Steve Groce) oi NBC news prepores Mr Wordell for hb Interview 18—1984

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North Hennepin Vo-Tech Norrh Hennepin Vo-Tech offers o wide voriery of courses ro help students leorn ond proctice o coreer of their choice. Students from vorious schools oil over the metro oreo porricipote in this educo-tionol progrom. Some of the advantages of this schooling ore: 1. Gives students a head start on their post high school education. 2. Gives students a chance ro learn some coreer related subjects that will be useful ro them In storting a career in courses that may not hove been offered or P.C. 3. Students feel that it helps them to grow, ond feel like an adult. 4. Gives students the opportunity ro meet new friends; people who hove never been o parr of their normol doy. With these friends, they can shore their common goals. The very best parr of oil, though, is thot all this education normally costs money. To Park Center students it is free!! This Page — Top: Monny Goroy: looks like cook chef of rhe year. Lower Left. Morco Mor-queri next to the •'Monster Mochlne. : Plostics. Lower rlghr: Todd Hanson tests his oblllty: Auto Mechanics Opposire Poge Top. Brervdo Hormon shows Cheryl Stoycoff ond Korin Kruse how to run their mochlne: Banking. Lower Left: Lorry Relnsch, Liso Kowltz, Christl Llrvdberg. Bloke Hogcn, ond Rob (from St Louis Pork), stood oround the new IBM computer: Computer Programming Lower right: Bob Potron soys, Go oheod. moke my doy Auto Repoits 20—Vo-Tech