Raytown High School - Ramizzou Yearbook (Raytown, MO)

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tcont. froin pg. 15J thMaybe if we stopped what we are doing and take time to understand our ehanging world, instead of fighting it, we would be better off a senior hypothesized. Another senior said, hlLife now is things .. things, things, things e and not people. Itbs sad. Although the outlook for the future, as foretold by Huxley and Orwell seems dihi, people are reaching out and trying harder to solve their personal problems. hhThe Big Chill, a critically acclaimed movie released in the fall of 1983, contained a message of this sort. In the movie a group of 605 radicals reunite at the funeral of a friend who committed suicide. During the following weekend, which they spend getting reacquainted and con- fron ting the changes in their values, they become aware of the moviek theme. WES a cold world. You need your friends to keep you warmfl Friendship takes time to develop and can cause pain, but it is 21 possession we must all strive to obtain. It is through others that we can fully recognize how good we really are. In order to minimize the breakdown of society brought about by our lack of control over technology, we need to restore commitment to friends and involvement in our institu- tions to make these things strong again. We must unite to seek solutions for our rapidly changing world. It is only by our willingness to connect that we can avoid the despair of alienation. only connectl

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