Show r7 44- r - r - - bli46 0 "4 r 'r:--$??- ? 1 0 4 - a o t : t t 1 Z '- for Get (77-- 1 ' f!l( v 11 rt 4 4 - - about cr:t1 Syncri:— -- Sunday October 9 1966 )) illo - sot yourlsor lf: ) Get Llong 1)1t4' r!:1-'- ttiit 5alt Kith Zlibunt ( ?I) IJII---- -- ttt! I ' 4IL 1 1: 1 ! 1 i - With Teachers 1 1 A : - -- ( f :' by Kitte Turmell I' 1' - ' E I ! I i ? 1 - 1 1 :rfA ' -- 1f IF ' YOU WANT to get good grades it's smart to get along with your teachers And II you don't get along with some of them it's smart to stay out of their way This advice comes right from the top from teen-agewho have won the coveted National Merit Scholarships I sent a survey to these Merit Scholars in 26 high schools and one of my questions was: "What kind of an attitude encourages a teacher to give you most help?" There are four things a student can show they told me None is what you'd call Here they are with commentsc: 4 INTEREST — "Prove interest by the way you do your class-wor- k and test assignments -papers" "At least try to look interested" "Prove that you want to learn not just for a grade but to improve yourself" Diligence — "Show that you want to learn and are willing to work" "To approach any teacher and ask for help is the best method" "If you show you are really trying to do well but find the going rough most rs ' - - teachers I carry a ? I a - ----- ?-- r k: ---- 9 v ? Al rl tia4itHi '2 imlicale Mat good athletes — including fon 'ball and basketball players—are apt to make better grades than the average grades among nonnthicies Sports that improve your physical fitness through exercise training proper diet and rest regimes can make you more fit for brainwork too "We have a girl friend who started dating this boy about two DEAR K1 TrE: i I 1 - 1 1 - - I - East High School teacher Grant W Smart counsels SOME SAID THEY did but painfully Others did it poorly if at all But most did adjust and learn to get along with different — and difficult — types Some took a neutral attitude: "I stay clear self I only hurt myself by being uncooperative" Others stressed courtesy 'Clam up and act like a gentleman" "Courtesy on your part usually eliminates any serious personality clashes" "Give courtesy even if you don't feel the that person though privately I may gripe a great deal" "Avoid doing anything to make her dislike you more" "I just do what is required — this irritates the teacher to death — and smile smugly" "I try to remind my f) vV A 77T-'"Irer- of ' t ) '1 Pp- 'T MANY '' Iti) Z -- ' )) P I r--k months ' i1 VI 9? 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RELIED T 6' i t -- q ? call her o LL:'0 Li ? ?a 0 date ions 'Freaky' "She isn't very and this is the first boy she has ever dated Now they are insepgood-lookin- g aratable "Since this has happeneff she completely ignores us She now has no girl friends at all and just sees him "When he drops her should we ignore her or should we accept hell My friend aria I 1 ' L- o too but V r study a little more and show my best efforts in tests'' "I make an extra effort to get started on subjects I don't ignore them" Remember — most teachers like students or they wouldn't be teachers Meet them halfway then see if your grades don't scholarshits and Dear Vickie: I ia Jill tends of after-seho- school a I cousel career? - ‘ eA: her state :7 For more toes on doing well in school send a stamped The Salt envelope to Kiste fumy os tel Salt LitkV talso Trim P0 Utah WM Request Kitit's ideaPactred tree ketet cn "Getting n'ong in School" This includes poiniers on: getting Mono with leathers how to get better grades reading poith speed do ling Me shorts heroes and college on a ing or teaching as Vickie ::::: q : zoom! the information get facts about R 1" 4a DEAR KITTE: Will you send on wheru to 0 4 111 ? 0 kit f 416-N- JJ a Blanchard doings that she'll enjoy mith girls after she wearies of the novelty of "golly steady P r ll7-717F7c- LI Li P -- o IF) U b--di rl ror k " on plain hard woe: "Forget the teacher you don't click with Concentrate on hard work" "Let the subject become more important than the teacher" "I AND —15- -- - it-- Bill day-tim- e ?? P 41 2- other person is worthy of c kkiAlinp4k I" ktd r t ? 1 &- - ea '' I 1 r:-:i - 1 - 1 771tri:r7'11 l- --- ------ iv 2- ? ? v ?v C :ir q P? '4 - October ? - (11 1 Dear "Square": There is no need tol tell anyotw—exeept teach oitt those who ask — that you quit football or why you did When you feel some explanation is due knit say you couldn't keep up with This should ' your school-wor- k be explanation e a o wg h— alter all learning and doing adequate l‘ork are the main reasons for going to school But I sdo wonder if after you get used to your new school and catch up with your stiidies you should consider going out for sports again Studies in Iowa and elsewhere Cit3' are teacher-attitude- s 0 "What should I tell them when I tell them I quit football? 'Square' " Salt Lake hese tv q briefcase i 1 : ii k worries major teen-ag- e "So how do you adjust to a teacher you don't get along with?" I asked these lop Iir1 1 A UNDEILSTANDING — "Show courtesy and appreciation for the teacher's problems" "The most encouraging thing a good teacher can see when looking out over a sea of sleepy faces is a pair of alert and interested eyes looking back" But maybe you show all this and still don't "get through?" You may have a teacher who seems to lack interest in teaching or in young people or fails to get to know you students or shows partiality The National Education Journal says that 'I nd - out to help Participation — "Show curiosity" "Ask intelligent questions" "Take part in classroom discussions" "Don't be afraid to disagree" "To challenge their decisions is better than to just sit and accept everything" "Take the trouble to bring up interesting facts" "Talk up but be a good listener too" DEAR RIYIE: just turned 15 and am in grade 10 I tried football when 1 started school but quit 'because I felt my All the studies were laiking guys razz me about it and say rm a chicken and a quitter I kind of a square admit 1 keep my hair— Partly cut slorir44' ttr i you" apple-polishi- ' will go all - ' '? is I ill cu- Freaky'" bear "Friends": Don't call her 'Freaky' or treat her that pay or you'll be for keeps If you are sincere in your ssish to keep your fikndship suggest that she and her "boy friend" join 3ou and your dates for social utilities at clubs or at your homes Or as a stoat! group Also in lie her to join you for sour favorite teacher Write Ch-7c- ce:In w i I h Ow or to National Education Associat7on 1201 E 16111 SI NM Washington DC Write to the Su!terint ent of Documents Government Printing ofilee Washington DC la request a list of ponliihkis issued at small in these ea 'fees to guide I DEAR KIITE: "Please sen'a us some facts about smoking s for elub etc -- 5P health-factor- forum Bob" Dear Bob: Dr Dag lel Horn government post director of th National Clearivnitonse sti See Page 31 919t6 41 If 3S - ' LI i- - r 4 " - - |