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TOOAY CHILD
.BY HELEN
THE TC RgNTo OM SYNDICATE
GOOD STUDENT
Jean has just turned 10. This quiet, sensitive, soft -voiced child
keeps any..worries e mai have to herself, but.she must often
"wonder what is ahshead• for a girl kith no mother and father. '
Italian and. -Anglo-Saxon •in descent, Jean has brown eyes,
dark hair' and medium complexion with freckles which last
through the' winter., llv-' health is good...•
She is shy on first meetings but is able to be'frien•dly with both
'children and adults, though cautious of making close relation-
" ships' quickly. r i
Jean is doing well in Grade, four audit is thought she may be
above average if tbilit\. Her foster parents' and her teachers
sad she is likeable and co-operative.'
• Jean• finds„reat enjoyment in books and is a television fan.
She looks forward t� "Sur ilay School every week.
She needs warm, loin .parents Who will be. patient and un-
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family.
To inquire about adopting Jean,,please write to•Todav''s Child,,
BoxKKH, Station K. Toronto., For general adoption information,
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Ann Landers says...
It's a sick need
Dear Anntanders Marcia and
I have been married less than a
year The problem is her parents
They have thisthing about giving
believe it!" and, "Isn't that the
damndest ' thing you've ever
heard' 1Soruetimes she. repeats
these phrases five Or six times
Where can• we find a ilterate man?.
us money. ..not . large amounts. during a ten minute conversation
just fives, tens and twenties We Such language to clients. seems • q -
want to be independent and have. inappropriate, if not vulgar. The ' ' F c,1 a writer, facing •a deadline
told•them so repeatedly, but they boss is in a private office so he
ignore usc,alt's gotten to be a gable ,iogsn't hear what goes on in,front.
Whenthey cometo our apartment When I . mentioned it to hin'1
they hide°.money in odd places recently he said, .•'Oh really'?"
such .as the medicine cabinet or What do I do now, Ann? Thjls
the refrigerator, and we tinddit situa-ion is giving me
later. When we go to their house indigestion.—Dispeptic •
we find money tucked inside a Dear Pep: If you can arrange',to
batch of dinner ic`alls 9 .freshly - have your desk moved to another
baked bread, or in a-• t -in of part of the room, beyond earshot,
homemade cookies wrapped for • of '.'the damndest thing you've
us to take home. • ever heard." it would help. If not.
A t first • it was ear plugs. *(plus a little low-key
annoying...almost as.if they were whistItng of vslur own) might be a
going'tohaveerr „ their way,matter no matt partial solution to the probl
em.
witti nothing in his head but a
6,1('lllllll is about -as joyous an
occasion as facing his wife at 4
a,►u . atter phoning her at 5 p. p1:
to tell her he's going to have two
,.rusks. not three or four but two,
with the boys 00 the, way home
11 (1(1 work. I hope these figures
h.1.' 0't confused you, but perhaps
you R!c•t the general idea.
`ometimes, however, ea -
incidence creates a column. 1 had
nothing in my head,for this. Vi ek's
column Not even fog. Just
1, num. Good ••Q1'd . coincidence
what. Now I'm beginningto think + + + e 1111' to the i esuee.
it's something else. We aren't . Dear, Ann .L47nders: ,W en!•r 1Lcj_ ._. : ulay 1. •eta i4a, ids .011:e.
c •of
Tetter a
�tsla.r.,titl r � eberi�_� -.,.
-Axrr1 get n iineJiuT- Elie t the -young, newly Inv English teachers. He's a
we want to make it on our own. married woman who gave the mantic t hap and pretty. tough.
What can we do,'short of making a overworked mother next door 40 Boon through a war and twenty -
scene and demand that they stop? slips of paper. each one entitling t1v,• vt ;"irs of marriage, spent a•
—John and Marcia. • • her to an e v ening of free ;t retch as a weekly editor, and
• Dear J. and M.: This is babysitting, I said to myself-, `,I'll ILL, raised three children. How
something beyond generosity. It's bet she was once a Girl Scout." much toughercan you get But he
a sick need to be cut in on your' I remember so well when I was ��,� almost in tears.
life. Recognize it as such, rather a Girl Scout, many years ago — ''They c a 11 ' t ' r e ad , ' ' he
than a contest of wi ls!and open•a we made "Promise Books," and !mantled brokenly: "They "can't
separate bank account fox' `'the how they shaped my growing up r c ,c •1 ' ' 1 pa t t e d hi s bac k
funny money - Save for -something years' I had slips that, promised ,j11,1 -willed his eves as we
you might want later; It-might'be a ' my mother I would do the dishes, 1,,i rtIl1 nt heads do, (though I
• baby, a charity; or even a gift for make the beds, rep,,per the pantry 1•,•5ervc, weeping on my shoulder * sixteen dropcher,books,or stub her
your in-laws. A showdown could shelves and polish the silver. •A for women teachers' only), and 'toe and l a u n h .' into a
be hurtful ' and, immensely.. promise slip .was ,tike a, sacred :I;idll,llly fount. b ut that he was' communication• tha would curl
damaging to, the relationship pledge. It, represented my, t;l lkiilg about a Grade 9 class , in the ha i r of a W I r l d
+ • + + ' ' 'integrity and, I never failed to • Th,, tour -year stream. 'muleskinner
will ale ount to $38 a month every
second leap -year.
In the same mail was another
letter from an old friend, with a
clipping enclosed. It was an
alt le by Norm Ibsen about the
rapid rise in illiteracy, or the
decline in literacy, or whatever
you want to call what's happening
to our youth.
A Professor Gold, chairman of
the University of Waterloo's
English department, blames the
school system because it's
turning outstudents incapable of
expressing 'themselves. They
can't communicate. I quote the
'Writer ol` the cb1lim , M'i'. 15S i ',-
who
awho says, with tongue in cheek',
"Maybe it's because they're
being taught` by language arts
specialists instead of English
teachers." •
Maybe. But I take exception to
the professor's sweeping
generalization' about students
expressing themselves. They
can. They. do. ,Even the best and
mildest of - boys have al -ways
sworn a bit. But it shakes you a bit
to hear some sweet little girl of
Dear Ann •Landel's: May I honor each and every one. • Girl 'Where,' there,'.' .,I consoled. However, I agr, e with the
d
suggest a practical blueprint for Scouts areservice ori .Pnte They .cit course they can't read, proi'essorthatthe wh1p situation
action to the teenager who signed learn the joy of heirtg useful at an Neither «ith a few exceptions: 'is the' fault of the school system.
her letter "Up -Chucked In Flint." ' early age and it neve!-,.leaves can my Gracie 13 students. Kids
She was the popular. high school' them. - :11.4't supposed to learn to read
girl whoa ouldn't eat any place but I'll het you were a Girl Scout, tiiv More. It might destroy their
home without vomiting.' Ann, Please print this letter and s� Iltiltivity. Now'• you j.Iist go, and
A great' many teenagers who let us know'.—Dong Time Reader• tilulw them a nice little movie, or
appear to be "with it" are , Dear Reader: Yes, I was. Would l,,f them express themselves on
actually insecure and ' have you believe 41 years ago? Our tape I•E;corder. Or let them lean •
gnawing feelings of inadequacy. troop • leader was Miss Jane • out the window and watch the cars
When exposed to -a new or Driver the eighth grade teache44,--M1wwng by and then have them write
challenging situation they ' at North Junior High School in ,i poem. But don't correct the'
sometimes" suffer from Sioux City, Iowa. It 'was an. �,,,llin�r in the
excellent learning' ex mince } poem. You'll
indigestion, :.: nausea, loss of p liF•st ivy their creative spirit. Just
appetite or cramps. I ought to frons which I profited greatly: .,�„ o a hark in there and stimulate
know because many a hamburger -t11, Iii '' • ' .
and chocolate went untouched ° Plastic has come to the hayfield -
because I was uncomfortable in the form of plastic tic
we , I'hat':5 one thing my teachers .
•
have to ultnit. Whenathev come t'o
immediately after I ordered, It According to Charles O'Connor, a
was very embarrassing, ,New Holland. Division of Sperry the chief, they get inspiration.
Finally I decided to concentrate •Rand h a 1 e r twine product '4 fl of iyat ion. and 0 fresh , `new
on the other person instead •of manager, the'new plastic twine is ilihroach. ,.ome of them even say
worrying about how I was going , being ' its.,, e i 9: b a 1 e s i n they'll try to stick it out to the end
over—was I making .a . good Caljfornia`° and. Arizona where of the term.
impression, did s�und dumb, .did wire bad previously been used , Well, I felt pretty good. as we
I look O.K.? It was hardat first but O'Connor adds that' plastic twine all do ,after givin -„ meaningless •
I forced myself to ask questions now eliminates the problems advice. but that wasn't enough to
and to listen intently to the , caused by wire which was' hard to write a column about. .
answers. It took '_concentration • dispose of and created a health ' GPI home after school•; and
and effort but I overcame my haz"ard.to animals. ' opened my-, mail. There was a very
anxiety by the time I was 18. I hope nice -letter from.Ma rg'ai•et Grieve,:
this Letter helps someone else
who is"fighting the same kind of
battle.' —Kishka Problem
..>; esi:r:lved_.in
�•De•ar Kish' I liked '• your
signature aimost as much as your
letter. It loses' nothing in the
translation. Thank you for
writing.
+ + + •
Dear Ann - Landers: . Delp'
Please: There's this woman in
our office who whistles along with
the piped -in music and is driving
me bananas. Also when she
speaks on the''p lone she s, -:a
habit of saying, "You'd better
of OakviIle. -who tang-tr -foT 41
'year's, and says she hadn't a
single regret on leaving it—The
:Profess tan -,.....t h o.ugh..-,ther..e..-.-w•e >we ----.-
many .good year's and. 'an
abundance of pleasant memories.
That cheered me up. for some
obscure reason. Maybe I'll even
stay on another year. and collect
my twelve -wear 'p.e,nsion. which.
The universities hla ie the high
schools, which blame the
elementary schools, w fch blame.
home environment or omething.
This is 'patent non::ense.• My.
father got through G ade 4 and
wrote a beautiful co per -plate
script with intellige, ce., My
Mother had Grade 5 nd wrote
wittily and gr'ammatic lay. That
was my home environment.
You can't blame the elementary
schools. They do what they can
with what they get. in the face of a
department• of education that is
about a consistent in its aims as
.0 dart in a w•indstorne. And You can
substitute another consonant for
'the '•d" in dart, if you wish.
You Can't b;lamie t1Le
hf l schools, Who do what °e> `Cali ";
with an ever-inereasing•mas s of
illiterates. What the hell. what
does, it matter if 0. brilliant
science student: or a math student'
who will he working with slide
rule and computer. writes a
sentence like. "Everyone should
-have a good edu ation so they can
.goio cb1XX Ccalegxx collitch and
4,
.make a lodda bread,? ••
People ..worry about literacy
falling into-the-hands_,of in' elite
group-. In my opinion. it wouicl•be
the bestthing that could happen to
English•°It would take:us back to
the glorious days -of the
Elizabethans, and let the slobs
fall where they may.
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- after your eyes,
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