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Show 4A Emery County Progress Wednesday, December 17, 1980 School and Home by Dr. Daryl J. McCarty Executive Secretary Utah Education Association Maybe youve heard of the twin traumas afflicting many young people in our high schools and junior high schools. Theyre called math anxiety eason spirits 1 and high math and This time of the year brings us closer to our relatives, friends, neighbors and fellow workmates. There is a sparkle of joy and happiness that envelopes the world at this time of year. But it is also one of the most tragic time of the Some people believe that students who are skilled in mathematics do math instantly; finding mental arithmetic easy; and come up with the correct formula or the right approach after a mere moment or two of year. More suicides occur during the Thanksgiving to New Year's season than any other period on our calander. There are a bundle of reasons why this phenomenon is predictable. One of the top reasons is loneliness. There are a lot of people who have no family. This can be either literal, or the family has rejected them. This happens to both young and old. The courtesy of visiting someone who has been abandoned can be the most memorable part of both person's Christmas. There are others in our valley who are alone. Many people are spending their first Christmas many miles from their home. Their family unable to come out here, and their responsibilities keep them here. These people need help in celebrating their Christmas season. Inviting someone into your home can be an enlightening part of your celebration. If you know someone who might like to have a little extra family for Christmas, invite them to your home. Why don't you also visit the shut-i- ns. They need an extra love, too. You could deliver goodies, Christmas cards or hold a block party. There are abundant ways to spread the Christmas spirit throughout the county. avoidance. Frightened of math, many young people take as few classes in the subject as they can. According to Sheila Tobias, a specialist in the two troubles, certain mysteries and myths have some connection. For instance, she says most people think of mathematics aptitude as a gift, rather than as a set of skills that can be learned, practiced and developed. That, she says, is myth. thinking. When the believer of that myth tries to do a math problem and doesnt come up with an immediate solution he or she is prone to panic and stop trying. Shelia Tobias says such students fail and flounder constructively. non-skill- ed That is, they dont try many different approaches in order to find the way to do the problem. A third myth, she says, is the idea that math is a male domain. Young women can and do become experts at math. Aside from the fact that people fear or sidestep math in school, there is one solid reason for college-boun- d students to work hard at developing math skill. by jim olsen Have you noticed the new layout for the editorial page? There are two reasons for it. First, the boss told me he didn't like me enlarging the editorial cartoons to fit the space. After a short discussion concerning this matter, won. think. But after giving it a little thought, figured could better use the space with the column by Dr. Daryl J. McCarty. And thus the second reason for the new addition to our editorial page. find him and often refreshing espousing the same views that would. This column will be published each week as a major part of our editorial page. hope you enjoy him. In other business, have you noticed all the dirt and dust flying in the air because of the recent construction in Castle Dale? Boy tell you, watching I I I I It is rough trying to fill up all cigarette butt away. Then they these inches sometimes. know am being read. have had a few people ask me how much life insurance carry. They are always wondering who I got mad at me this time in the column. In fact, one of them doesn't even stop at the front page any more, or so she said. After six months of this nonsense, you would think I have to bury it. Lucy I I know I investigated the and Berkeley. She found that without years of high school math, an entering student would find the doors to of the college majors closed to them before they started college. I I Sells course prerequisites programs at the University at that this isn't the Dale work. Castle case with the They are digging where they buried the pipe so they can lay some asphalt. That in turn should get rid of some of the dust. feel sorry for the Castle Dale merchants that feel like they need to sweep the sidewalks in front of their store. to do something By the time they are done, they was ready serious. to over need start again. hope Not yet! this helps. But I three-and-a-ha- lf three-fourt- hs If more students understood the myths about math, chances are it will deservedly become a more popular subject. I I T" I u s v I , machines I K V v' f redig everything they buried earlier gives me the feeling that live in the army or something. You know those stories about the sergeant that required the recruits to dig a hole six feet deep so he can throw his What's t r I those 1 ttt I A Coupon Filing system An attractive 4x6 file box, 15 dividers, and coupon money saving ideas 75 Only i nost people. Serious chest liscomfort should usually be Order this clever time and money saver Now! For you and other coupon collectors for Christmas w P ORDER NOW TO INSURE DELIVERY & BEFORE CHRISTMAS i$ In Emery County call r 384-276- 4 y,t k to learn how to save postage I Send check or money order to : KOUPON KEEPER 1 Give every NEWBG31N the Please send me Koupon Keeper(s). I enclose $3 75 plus75'posfageand handling for each Koupon Keeper ordered. Name Chest pain is a symptom that means heart attack to iften 1 Plus postage and handling Chest pain advantage March Dimes Birth of Defects Foundation particularly in young people. If you are dizzy or have a tingling in your fingers, suspect this syndrome. Pleurisy gets worse with a deep breath or cough, heart pain does :valuated by a physician. not. When inflammation of the However, chest pain can also :ome from the chest wall outside covering of the heart is muscles, ligaments, ribs and rib present, the pain may throb with each heartbeat. cartilage), the lungs, the outside Ulcer pain bums with an empty covering of the lungs (pleurisy), the outside covering of the heart stomach and gets better with food. (pericarditis), espophagus, the Gallbladder pain often becomes diaphragm, the spine, the skin, more intense after a meal. Each of and the organs in the upper part of these four conditions, when the abdomen. suspected, should be evaluated by There are no absolute rules a physician. which enable you to determine While heart pain may be mild, it which pains may be treated at is usually intense, sometimes a home. The following guidelines feeling of pressure or squeezing on should help in understanding some the chest is more prominent than causes of chest pain. actual pain. A shooting pain lasting a few Almost always, the pain or seconds is common in healthy discomfort will lay beneath the young people, and means nothing. breastbone. It may also be felt in A sensation of a catch at the end the jaw or down the inner part of of a deep breath is also trivial and either arm. does not need attention. There may be nausea, sweating, Heart pain almost never occurs dizziness, or shortness of breath. in previously healthy men under 30 When shortness of breath or years of age or women under 40. irregularity of the pulse is present, Chest-wapain can be demon- it is particularly important that a strated by pressing a finger on the physician be seen immediately. chest at the spot of discomfort and Heart pains may occur with reproducing or aggravating the exertion and go away with rest pain. in this case they are not a heart Heart and chest-wapain arc attack but are termed angina at same the time. pectoris or rarely present angina indicating The hyperventilation syndrome is poor blood flow to the heart a frequent cause of chest pain, muscle. ll ll You should be able to deal effectively with pain arising from the chest wall at home. Pain medicines such as aspirin or acetaminophen, topical treatment such as Ben-Ga- y or Vicks Vaporub, and general measures such as heat and rest should help. If symptoms persist for more than five days, or you suspect the pain comes from the heart or other organs, contact your personal physician. If you are having chest pain, your doctor may perform a thorough examination of the chest wall, lungs, heart and abdomen. Frequently, an elect- chest and blood tests will be done. If the pain remains mysterious, a whole battery of expensive and complex tests may be recommended. rocardiogram, x-r- ay Hospitalization will be required in those serious instances when the heart is Involved or the cause of the pain is not clear. Robert E. Potts, M.D. Medical Director Emery Medical Center, P.C. Castle Dale , |