I have a teenage son. I have not seen "1984" in any school book lists for him, or for other people's kids for easy over a decade now. I almost think it has been black listed for schools, on the quiet, hush hush, wink wink. It was compulsory reading in year 7 for me in the 80-90s era. So in NSW, Aus, most 13-14 year olds had read it, and knew what "Big Brother" and "more equal" meant. Nowadays I drop a "more equal" comment and early 20 year olds give me a blank expression, like they do not understand the quote, or the reference I am making. I wonder how many copies of that book resides in Public Libraries nowadays?