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• In the fight for the equality of the sexes in busi
ness and industry, many a woman is finding not only
equal pay, equal benefits and equal vocational sat
isfaction; she is also finding equal "success” in ac
quiring that invisible badge of the decision-making
executive —an ulcer.
There are some 14 million men and women who
have, or have had, an ulcer, and every day, accord
ing to the U.S. Public Health Service, another 4,000
sufferers join the ranks.
The stress and strain usually associated with the
executive way of life also contribute to the begin-
• Why are the Beatles going to a guru ?
The Beatles—at least two of them,
George Harrison and Paul McCart
ney—have attended mediation class
es conducted by Maharishi Mahesh
Yogi, a guru or mystic leader, whose
announced mission is to regenerate
the world through transcendental
meditation.
Reaping the rewards of the un
precedented popularity, the two
Beatles may feel they have been
"deprived" of finding happiness as
it is defined in the Western concept
and could be seeking it in Eastern
philosophical thought and theory.
Happiness in the Western world
is to a great extent determined by
the amount of satisfaction that a
person gets out of doing his life
work. To a large measure, it Is the
guiding philosophy that the more an
individual puts into an endeavor, the
more satisfaction and happiness he
gets out of it.
In the East, where overwhelming
numbers of people, under the daily
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ning of an ulcer in individuals in many other occu
pations. Salesmen have them, so do bus drivers.
Modernization of farming has brought with it a
higher incidence of ulcers among farmers than
among urban workers.
Even monkeys can get ulcers if they are forced
to do work that could be classed as decision-making.
In a recent experiment, monkeys were paired off,
with each pair confined in a device resembling a
chair. An electric shock was sent through the de
vice at regular intervals. One of the monkeys in
each pair, dubbed the "executive," had at its dis-
threat of famine and plague, strug
gle constantly for the means of sub
sistence, happiness is sometimes
found in renouncing the material
things of the world. Feeling that no
matter how hard one works he can
not attain the means to satisfy his
basic needs, the Easterner may con
sider himself happiest when he be
comes oblivious to what he needs
and would like to have.
The guru-consulting Beatles are
perhaps seeking, through renuncia
tion, their own ideals of satisfaction,
which they may feel they have not
found in their own work, or their
own phenomenal success. Perhaps it
adds perspective to remember that
the real labor is being done by the
press agents, the tour planners, the
ticket sellers, the theater ushers,
the police controlling the screaming
fans, the porters who sweep up af
terwards, etc.
For the Beatles, all they have to
do is appear—and perform.
(• IMS. King FMturM Syndicate, IM.)
• Is regular school best for handicapped ?
Many educators now agree that a
regular classroom may be the best
place for a physically handicapped
child to learn—at least for part of
the day. If the child with a physical
defect is permitted to do this, it will
probably mean a more normal life
for him and possibly a better edu
cation for his regular classmates.
A report in “NEA Journal,” the
publication of the National Educa
tion Association, states that author
ities from public schools, colleges,
state government and the field of
medicine generally agree that a nor
mal classroom climate, including un
derstanding and acceptance as just
"one of the gang,” is very important
to the emotional welfare of the han
dicapped child, especially one who
has been pampered at home.
They also say that the “whole”
child should be considered, not just
his physical impairment For in
stance, a child with a speech defect
should be praised for what he say%
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posal a lever which could be used to prevent the
shock. Both monkeys were subjected to the shock
at the same time if the "executive” failed to push
the lever.
During and after the test the monkey who had no
control over whether he felt the shock or not was
found to be less agitated and less disturbed than
its partner.
The "executive” monkey, constantly alert con
stantly making decisions, was in a continous state
of nervousness, agitation and tension, and—sure
enough—it developed an ulcer.
not for saying it without stuttering.
An asthmatic child who wheezes at
the blackboard should not be shown
any mono concern than would a
child who cannot do his arithmetic.
In this way, the other children will
not regard him as someone different.
Under these conditions, the child will
feel free to excuse himself from ac
tivities which cause him problems,
and he will be less concerned if the
teacher discontinues, say, an activity
that brings on asthma.
A teacher should never set a han
dicapped child apart from the rest
of the class or "show him off." The
teacher should fully understand the
child's physical problem and possible
effects on the class and find ways
to take care of the child’s special
needs
New techniques and materials
used by a teacher to help the handi
capped may improve Ms teaching in
general and enhance the education
es all pupils.