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THE WEEKEND OUTLOOK Friday May 11 Page Back to school daze My professor wrote in a red- pencilled notation at the bottom of an essay I had written We just need to guide you to write as an academic Heavens you and I both know she would need a seeing eye dog Maybe two As helpful as she intended to be I knew she was whistling Dixie Shes in for a long haul Uphill Several of my grade teachers gave up I watched the pallor of old age replace the blush of youthful beauty in their budding teaching careers It was sad Their sterling forts were repelled I destroyed their attempts to improve me faster than a can of Raid My prof is going to be awake nights with frustration and despair trying to succeed where others failed She might even resort to Vallium Maybe booze I hope not Im a bit worried about her Have You Got A Minute has been missing the last few weeks Why I didnt have a minute to spare I was writing quizzes an essay and a final examination A friend of mine encouraged me to enroll in Sociology 100 at Sir Wilfnd University Sociology 100 is the lowest rung on the ladder of higher learning When someone who knows I am taking the course asks how Im doing it gives me the opportunity to use the old well I started at the bottom and youll be pleased to know I stayed there Im in the awkward squad of To the young and bright its a begin ning At my age its a challenge Would you believe they would accept me I was shocked My study books VCR tapes teleconference dates along with study instruciton arrived Goodness gracious they must have made a mistake I thought to myself as 1 poured over the course material fa Stories by W Steamer Emmerson After each chapter quizzes were to be answered and mailed in The idea was to read and study the chapter then view the corresponding tape answer the quizzes then wait in dread for it to be returned with your marks Get this Quiz 1 Question In a brief paragraph define and give an example of each of the following social facts social lion conflict perpsective and symbolic interaction Oh God I knew right away I was in over my head What on earth were they talking And another thing Im not brief Heres my answers Social facts Durkheims term to indicate things that are exter nal to and constraining upon the individual Status would be an exampleof a social fact Social action Occurs between two individuals where each per son takes into account the others actions An example would be anti war demonstrators mar upon Ottawa You get the idea Makes you want to cry if However Quiz 2 Question 3 gave me the opening I was look ing for The question read What lessons do and boys learn from their childhood play and games At last they asked me something I could really wnte about James Joyce author of Lady Chatterlys Lover couldnt have answered any better than yours truly My pen flowed My answer sizzled Just for the heck of it I threw in the old minstrel show joke about two young boys talking about sex The younger boy when asked his age by his older buddy didnt seem to know whether he was six or seven The older boy asked if he knew the difference between girls and boys The younger guy said No The older wiser youngster said Then you is six It always drew a laugh I thought the prof might have a sense of humor Her notation beside my answer read Youre kidding me Im struggling with words like anomie ethnomethodology I cant pro nounce them spell them or use them but she get me writing like an academic it will be comforting to know they will just roll out when needed To be perfectly honest I m ex a notation in shaky hand writing on my exam paper that she is abandomnp her efforts guide me writing as an academic The Herald has asked me back and they dont seem to mind Im no academic MEAT THAT DOES MORE THAN COMPETE BICKS RELISH ASSORTED VARIETIES I jar SAVE 90 KNECHTEL PREPARED MUSTARD 500 ml JAR PRODUCT OF S A OR ONTARIO SNOWY WHITE MUSHROOMS 8oz TRAY EACH PICNIC LEMONADE FROZEN 12 TIN MOORE PARK PLAZA Pleasure To Se You STORE Monday to Friday Saturday 6 pm CLOSED SUNDAY SUPER SPECIAL MEAT THAT DOES MORE THAN COMPETE BARBEQUE STYLE RUMP ROAST LB 880 Kg LEAN BEEFS READY FOR THE GRILL Values Effective Saturday May through Saturday May Bib