Raytown High School - Ramizzou Yearbook (Raytown, MO)

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team. from pg. 7J Another concern brought about by technology is the deterioration of our environment by oil sp1'115 and strip mining in efforts to access unlimited and cheap energy sources. In 1983 the threenhouse Effecth, caused scientists to worry about increased temperatures and subsequent melting of ice Hoes and rising levels of ocean waters due to destruction of the ozone layer of the atmosphere. After two summers of numerous heat related deaths, the potential of higher temperatures and other side effects due to our interference with the environment offered another source of worry and frustration for the concerned citizen. Technology also offers hope, but strangely enough, more frustrations. Medical knowledge provides Iife-support systems and transplants to prolong life but forces individuals to make choices regarding life and death. Although we weICome cures for diseases and anxious- 1y anticipate the elimination of birth defects and .a cure for cancer tor even the common coIdL we face the choices medicine gives us with confusion and frustration when they invoIve moral dilemmas. In the late 70s thf it feels good, do ith became a popular and common attitude. Consequently, people whose value system was dictated by personaI pIeasure became known as the hhmeb generation. Unfortunately, this selfish attitude has been passed down and is now a realistic part of the 803. More frequently, future spouses sign marriage contracts designating ihwho does whathh and hhwho gets what after the marriageb, before the actual ceremony takes place. Although this may be a realistic way of j avoiding future problems, it also shows a lack of trust already existing before the marriage begins. Too many people ' get married with the attitude of thf it doesn,t work out, we can get a divorce. h, Marriage is a way of fighting isolation and loneliness, but if either of the partners is inconvenienced in any way, divorce creates greater frustration and alienation. Divorce obvioust splits two adults, but the Iong-reaching effects on children of divorce I. have not been

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tcont. from pg. 7J Another concern brought about b; technology is the deterioration of our environment by oil spills and strip mining in efforts to access unlimited and cheap energy sources. In 1983 the threenhouse Effectt, caused scientists to worry about increased temperatures and subsequent melting of ice Hoes and rising levels of ocean waters due to destruction of the ozone 1a yer of e atmosphere. After two summers of numerous heat related deaths, the potential of higher temperatures and other side effects due to our interference with the environment offered another source of worry and frustration for the concerned citizen. Technology also offers h p, but !