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Show 'Home i & School f( By DR. DARYL J. McCARTY Everybody who knows him seems to like a 15-year-old who lives in Salt Lake County, and for a long time the ighbors didn't know exactly why. SURE, HE'S a good-looking kid. But so are a lot of V jjiaswho aren't liked half as much. oe does things for other people. He will jump on a bus ". ajd ride to the Veterans Hospital and visit the lonely old men there. it '. HE'S A good student. He doesn't cause his parents any ." .flbiems. And he works hard on his part-time job ''"j But still, a'1 ose tnin6s don'' explain the genuine af-fection af-fection that people have for this kid. One day the lady door hit on the reason. HE TREATS everyone the same," she said. Vr Ttiis young man seems to bel ieve that all people, what-4; what-4; etw their differences in ability, age, wealth and social 'i: station, have equal claim on dignity and respect. WE OLDER people should know the value of that contort con-tort "Teachers in public schools try to be even-handed in ""l (heir treatment of students in their classes. If they don't, IB students will recognize this immediately, and they'li lU resent it. 'J STUJENTS DON'T always appreciate a "teacher's pel." $ Mavte parents with several children have a tougher Kti, due not playing favorites than teachers do. After all, the ik"-' children in a family are of different ages and they have Si different levels of physical and mental maturity, . different viewpoints and goals. ! i PARENTS HAVE the dilemma or recognizing that . schchild is likea "snowflake" - unique and unlike any " other person in the world - yet deserving of the same ,S1. (utsideration the other children in the family receive. a: Dosomething special for one child, and the brothers and sisters will never forget it. Show more love for one duld than the others and they'll let you know they're 'I11IE'; indignant about it years later. TREATING children equally isn't always easy for partnts or teachers, but we can't stop trying. |
