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4A GOT*RICH SIGNAL -VAR, THURSDAY, iuNE 24, 1971 *
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• Babysitter formerly
mental patient
cToinntocrelegrant Syndicate
Ann Landers
months-''ago7we mdved-to this •
neighbbrhood. „ We felt very
fortunate to live next door to a
wonderful woman who took a
liking to our cbildren.She has
kepl them (without charge)
while I've gon shopping, to the,
dentist, and on occasion just so I
could have "a dall off." She
bakes cookies and cakes for us
and gives us flowers from her
garden.
A few days ago another
neighbor toia me I should not
--re ave my children . with this
woman because she has ,spent,
some time in a mental hospital, I
asked another neighbor if it was
true. Her reply ' was, "Some
people sure , do have big
mouths."
Should I ask the kind lady if
she is an ex -mental patient? If,
she admits it do I dare leave, my
children with her? If you say no,
what would I tell my children?
:They are very fond of this
woman and enjoy 'being with
- her: --Any Name Will Do.
Dear Any: The ladywith the
big motitlils an ignoramus. So
, what if the kindly. neighbor has
spent time in a mental hospital?
Mean she ts
dangerous — or incompetent.'
bettery well be in h
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, ex -mental patients are... (tut that they give me a pain in
tea'. people—because- of--rheir'Abe-1-..neekv.."4-wrariver-}".*DivAVita
therapy. To stigmatize a person
Meterless Cab
because he has been hospitahzed Dear eab: I see no reason for
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IS flOt
throwback -to the Dark Ages.
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'Dear Ann t„anders: Do I have
to stop going places because of a
couple of -free loaders?
I happen to drive. These twb
1' cruel but a you to haul these women atound
since you obviously feel they are
a couple of 'leeches — not to
mention a pain in the neck.
From now on, when they, ask
you to pick them up, say you
won't. ,know until the last
leeches dnnot drive, but they - moment whether you are going
have husbands who drive. They • and they had better not count
wouldn't' dream of bothering on you for transportation. If
them, but they don't mind they ask for a ride home, fell
bothering me. It would be a them, "If you see me walking
pleasure if I could go where I'm '• out, and come with me O.K.,
going and not have to make two - ,but I will not wait for yoit."
stops. (If they aren't ready, I * * *
must wait.) It wduld also be a IConfidential to Dying To
pleasure to leave a meeting or a Try: It's understandable that a
young, inexperienced person.like
yOurself is eager to learn from
experience, but this is ' one
experience you can live without.
Forget k.
DEAR ANN LANDERS:
Recently you printed a letter
froma woman who complained
bitterly because herhusband
didn't send her a Valentine.
Screwballs like her give me 'a
pain. You gave the gal a good
what -for, Annie Baby, but you
didrizt iiit het- harrtenough.
My sister was married to a
man who remembered every'
card party or a church affair
when I feel like it. But it isn't
possible, becaiw these free
loaders are also great talkers.
They * must have a personal
conversation with everyone in
sight,,Invariably they are the last
to leave ,-- no matter %%that' ,the
occasion.
I was told recently by a'n
insprance agent ,that if -a
Passenger is injured in my car I
am responsible. Who needs it? I
do--•not--invite—these--magpies to
ride 'with me. The'y invite
themselves. Please tell me how
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anniversary and every birthday.
to pat an end to this free taxi , -
mentally and emotionally, than
service without telling them flat the lady with the•big mouth. t He nev-er failed to send a lily for
Eater and , a poinsettia for
Woman to :woman
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listed" .and an undisclosed
number of the teachers had
resigned.
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. "The press Of the county has
had no access to the meetings.
between board and teachers . . .
and consequently this newspaper
is in no position to comment on,
the, situation. We, have seen a
"fact sheet" issued by the
- federation and have read the
advertisement , placed by the
• board — neither of which could
glassed -as unbiased reporting.
• "Because , both our,
pbcketboolis and our children
will be serionsly affected by the
outcome cif these discussions, we
believe, that the public sliouLd
have thS right to know in detail
,the reaspning which has been
put forVvard duripg the
negotiationS. ' •* •
"It Would' appear that the
suggestion of Board Member'
Mrs. Wallace at the last meeting
is worthy 3f serious
• consideratiop., She pipposed.the
idea that representatives of the
teaching staff be included in the
budget meetiiigTiffitile"board so
there would be a better
understanding of the problenis
which fade the taxpayers of the
county in the .field of education:.
It will be interesting to see
whether this „suggestion bears
Christmas. One St.' Patrick's day
he.prought horrie a piece of sod
from Ireland. 'No , occasthn
.PasSed without,soine'thbughtful
gift — proof that, he had
remembered. But for some
m`ysterious. reason, he couldn't
remember he was married. Every
time a new girl came to, work in
his Office he got involved with
her. He was known -wide lied far,
as the town Lochinvar. So why,
not tell people that some things
areMofe important to remember
than otheas?_ Nobody ,can
remerpber everything. —
TRUMPED ACE IN „TAMPA
„ DEAR ACE: Your, letter has
Provided every man who forgets
his wife's birthday" With a
beautiful excuse. I'm sure they
are grateful.
• Terry is a sturdy boy, 14 months old,' with a lively
interest everything he sees. His development has been,
slightly' behind the average for kis age—because he was born
prematurely, but he has, almost caught up now.
Anglo-Saxon in descent, he has big bright blue eyes,
fight7brown-Imir and fair skin.
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. Terry is, a—happv baby who loves people, especiaily
children. He's an easy member'of his foster family because
he is always good-natured, he eats everything offered to
• him, and he's a splendid sleeper. "
• This youngster has a very mild nerve deafness and at a
year he was fitted with a hearing aid. It has already been
discarded because he functions very well without it. His onl?
difficulty seems' to'be 'with high frequency Sounds. He hears
normal voiees well. He is early learning to talk and has
vocabulary larger than many echild his age. Doctors say he
Will be able to atiebd, normal classes in school, but they
aren't prepared to prophesy whether he will ever need a
hearing aid again.
This lovable toddler needs loving parents who appieci-
•ate a sunny -tempered son without 'worrying over -his medical
history. To inquire about adopting Terry-, ..pIease write
Today' t Child, Department of Social and Family „Services,
Parliament Buildings, Toronto 182. For general adoption
information, aik your local Children's Aid Society.
LOOKING BACK ON
A 1-0,YEAR,TR.M
At this time of year,the
average school -teacher takes
a .deep breath, lets out an
. even, deeper Sigh, and won-
' ders where in the ,narne of
that.ridiculott5-itteU45t.
teaching year-has.gone,
Looking forward to it in
SeptemberitAeems nd less.
But that doesn't bother
you. You are refreshed, full
'of beans, full of plans, and
full of that once-more-into-
the-breach-deat4riendS spir-
it.
Looking in either direc-
tion abotit February_ is a de-
pressing experience. Behind
lie the ruirfs of yotrr, buoy-
ant September self. Ahead
lies a trackless desert, with
the end of lune far beyond
the horizon. • ,
ut looking „back, it
seems to' have flown by it
the speed of a mallard. You
are exhauited, You query
whether you have accom-
plished anything, and you,
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are ready to step out of the'
breach and into a lawrichair.
lt's a good, time for a
quiet, assessment of what
the whole educational busi-
ness is About, and also of
whether • you have contribu-
ted anything more than a
fairly capable job of baby-
sitting:
The Young teacher espe-
cially, just finishing -the first
opener. First of all, he or
she has discovered that the
"learning process", as the
jargoneers call it, is vastly
diffe'rent from what he or
she had imagined it to be.
The brighter ones.realize
that they have learned more..
than theyhave been taught.
They've' learned that kids •
arc people, that problems
are never' as large, as they
look, and that, memo are
for the waste -basket. •
For some of, them, it has;
' been the triost exciting year
of theirlives', because it has
been the first year in ‘which
they have been totally in-
volved in a realjob, with
real people, students.
;------"For 'Many of them, the
year past 'has.been a blur, or
a dazzle:- 'endless hours, of
preparation, ar.c1 "marking
papers; and a combination
of geat leaps ahead and
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agonizing prat -falls.
They're looking forward
desperately to vacation, be-
cause they've really been •
through the wringer; They
ea-siiarcely believe that
life',-Ithre-e-onteNtltrimey,o2r
year of .teaching without
anything worse than a slight
tic or a vojceseveral deci-
bels higher than it was in
September. Quite a lew are
even more "dedicated" than
when they joegan.
Some of them, l'iutunate-
ly not rnany, are soured on
the ,whole shambles and
have decided they don't like
kids, detest their fellow -
teachers, and loathe the' ad-
ministration. They should
clear out` without a back-
ward look, if the.y want to
avoid unhappy lives ,for
themselves and, all those
about them;
Teaching is a reasonably
well-paid jot), ,with a long
holiday thrOwn 'in. But I've
never mo -t -a wealthy tearher
and neyer, will. And one can
even get a bellyful] of hob:
days. Especially when one
• has to get up at six o'clock
• to drive his daughter to
work: '
But , to those who con- -
sider it as' avocation, let me
,IPSi say it's a helliiva tough
ob115, rot, tsar ther•NtA4Lafa-,•<nr-
* ',kill Or the faint of heart.
, There are certain pre-
requisites. You must like, if
not necessarily understand,
young • people. Who does?
You must be able to get
along with, if not neces-
sarily like, your fellow
teachers. It is perfectly 0:K.
to ,Joathe administrators.
Everyone else does.
•After ten years bf it, I
have learned 'CO roll with the
punches. If you don't,
you'll- get' a broken neck,
figuratively speaking. I have
learned that ...that—rnab of
hoodlums 1. faced iniSep-
tember is just a group of
high-spirited youngsters.
• But roll on, the First of
July.
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