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OSHAWA TIMES, Wednesday, December 30, 1959 MARY HAWORTH'S MAIL Dear Mary Haworth: I feel compelled to 'write you, after reading the case of the mother who is worried because her dau- ghter, 15, can't advance beyond the 8th grade in school, having : been stuck in that class since she was 12. I, too, had scholastic difficul- ties and my experience. might help her or others. I will try to tell exactly how it was with me. Girl's Scholastic Difficulties Come Under Further Review and college I was called lazy by certain teachers, because my marks were bad in some subjects, and tops in others. I worked-- harder than they thought--if may- be not as hard as I should; and was unhappy because myv father, a scholar, couldn't understand why a bright child shouldn't excel in everything. Mother said little, but was more encouraging, seem. or my father did. DEFEATED HER But, where logic and reasoning] could be used, I forged far ahead of other students. When 1 finished college, mother told me for the first time that she too had been like me; but hadn't spoken of it before, lest it in-| fluence me. She had been treated for defective thyroid as a child. I then had a thorough medical ex- amination and learned that I had a rheumatic heart (congenital or acquired); a malfunctioning en- ing to know or guess more than I|docrine system, and poor circu- lation, of course, At i6, 1 discovered that my nobody had thought to link my memory was at fault, I would poor performance at school with study a subject very hard, know|a health condition. Maybe that 15- it perfectly, then in a few days|yeat-old girl needs medical at- the facts would fade from mind. |tention, too . . quite interested in the story of th dent. I had almost the same prob- All this I'd had as a child; but . Sincerely, SY. LOCATED TROUBLE Dear Mary Haworth: I was he girl, 15, who is a "slow" stu- lem with my daughter in high school, until we found what was causing the trouble. { Observing that her school work was becoming too much for her, and with her marks showing that she wasn't working to capacity, we decided to have a complete] physical check-up. We discovered that she had a very underactive thyroid; that her basal metabolism, or glandu- lar chemistry, wasn't functioning adequately. This was affecting her general health and mental at- titudes, and, indirectly, her school work. AFFECTS THE MIND We started her on thyroid med- ication; and also gave her ses- sions with a mental hygienist, to help her through the teen-age growth process. She is a college sophomore now, and doing much better scholastically, thanks to improved bodily chemistry, which keeps her mind functioning cor- rectly. I hope you cam convey this message to C.S., and perhaps it will contribute to the solution of her daughter's difficulty. Sin- cerely, F.B. . GOOD TO EMPHASIZE Dear Correspondents: As your stories deal with scholastic diffi- culties encountered in high school and college, it is probable that your findings and conclusions do not apply to the "slow" 15-year- old, who seems to be stuck at the 8th grade level of book learning. Even so, your letters are poten- tially helpful to this girl and her mother, in that they emphasize the importance of first-hand spe- cialist counsel, in trying to get to the seat of the trouble, when a boy or girl seems defeated by school work. We outlined a practically fool- proof system of inquiry for Mrs. C.S. to pursue, in tracking down diagnostic help for her daughter; but it seems only fair to give her he ene of your thinking too. Mary Haworth counsels through her column, not by mail or personal interview. Write her in care of this newspaper. 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