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The Press-Dispatch Wednesday, June 21, 2017 C-5 HOME LIFE TO ADVERTISE: Call: 812-354-8500 Email: ads@pressdispatch.net Visit: 820 E. Poplar Street, Petersburg Deadline: 5 p.m. on Monday Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above it. WASHINGTON IRVING Family Talk by By Dr. James C. Dobson Difference between skilled and unskilled teachers 814 Niblack Blvd., Vincennes, IN 1-800-743-7004 www.bairdvincennes.com Come See our LOT UNITS! 5 NEW 4 are 4-Bedroom 1 is 5-Bedroom MIDWEST REALTY 1704 E. National Hwy., Washington • 812-254-3918 Check out these listings and more online at swindianarealtors.com 197 N. Whitelock Ave., PETERSBURG Very cute and cozy 3 bedroom 2 bath with attached and detached garages and fenced yard. Priced to sell! HOUSE FOR SALE MLS# 201706291 Call Mary: 812-486-6363 $ 64,999 NEW PRICE HOUSE FOR SALE 210 N. 8th St., Petersburg, IN 47567 Nice Home Call Prent Stafford for details, 812-582-8994 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, laundry room, carport, and outbuilding. Very Clean. ZUCCHINI ONION PIE Share your favorite recipe! www.facebook.com/mealsinminutes Monica's Meals in Minutes PO Box 68, Petersburg, IN 47567 mealsinminutes@pressdispatch.net FACEBOOK MAIL EMAIL IN Monica's MINUTES By Monica Sinclair If you planted a garden this year, I hope that despite the lack of rain your crop is growing. If it is, you may have an abundance of zucchini, one of the best veg- etables in my opinion. So, this week, I thought I would give you a way to help use up some of your surplus. With nine sim- ple ingredients and a ½ hour of your time, you will have this delicious recipe on the table. Enjoy! INGREDIENTS 3 eggs 1 cup grated Parmesan cheese 1/2 cup canola oil 1 tablespoon minced fresh parsley 1 garlic clove, minced 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/8 teaspoon pepper 3 cups sliced zucchini 1 cup biscuit/baking mix 1 small onion, chopped DIRECTIONS 1. In a large bowl, whisk the first seven ingredients. 2. Stir in the zucchini, baking mix and onion. Pour into a greased 9 -in. deep-dish pie plate. 3. Bake at 350° for 25 -35 minutes or until lightly browned. Source: tasteof home.com As indicated earlier, I taught school for sever- al years before completing my graduate train- ing and learned more about how children think from that daily exposure than could ever have been assimilat- ed from a text- book. It was also enlight- ening to observe the disci- plinary techniques utilized by other teachers. Some of them exercised perfect classroom control with lit- tle effort, while others faced the perpetual humiliation of student defiance. I ob- served that there was a fun- damental difference in the way they approached their classes. The unskilled teacher would stand in front of the boys and girls and immedi- ately seek their affection. Although most good teach- ers want to be liked by their classes, some are very de- pendent on the acceptance of the children. On the first day of school in Septem- ber, the new teacher, Miss Peach, gives the class a lit- tle talk which conveys this message: "I'm so glad we had a chance to get togeth- er. This is going to be such a fun year for you; we're go- ing to make soap, and soup, and we're going to paint a mural that will cover that entire wall. We'll take field trips and play games...this is going to be a great year. You're going to love me and I'm going to love you, and we'll just have a ball." Her curriculum is well saturated with fun, fun, fun activities, which are her tokens of affection to the class. All goes well the first day of school because the students are a little in- timidated by the start of a new academic year. But about three days later, little Butch is sitting over at the left and he wants to know what everyone else is ques- tioning too: How far can we push Miss Peach? He is anx- ious to make a name for him- self as a brave toughie, and he might be able to build his rep- utation at Miss Peach's expense. At a well-cal- culated moment, he challenges her with a small act of defiance. Now the last thing Miss Peach wants is conflict, because she had hoped to avoid that sort of thing this year. She does not accept Butch's challenge; she pretends not to notice that he didn't do what she told him to do. He wins this first minor confrontation. Everyone in the class saw what happened: it wasn't a big deal, but Butch survived unscathed. The next day, Matthew has been greatly encour- aged by Butch's success. Shortly after the morning flag salute, he defies her a little more openly than Butch did, and Miss Peach again ignores the challenge. From that moment forward, chaos begins to grow and intensify. Two weeks later Miss Peach is beginning to notice that things are not go- ing very well. She's doing a lot of screaming each day and doesn't know how it got started; she certainly didn't intend to be an angry teach- er. By February, life has be- come intolerable in her classroom; every new proj- ect she initiates is sabotaged by her lack of control. And then the thing she wanted least begins to happen: the students openly reveal their contempt for her. They call her names; they laugh at her weaknesses. If she has a physical flaw, such as a large nose or poor eyesight, they point this out to her regu- larly. Miss Peach cries qui- etly at recess time, and her head throbs and pounds late into the night. The principal comes in and witnesses the anarchy, and he says, "Miss Peach, you must get con- trol of this class! " But Miss Peach doesn't know how to get control because she doesn't know how she lost it. It has been estimated that 80 percent of the teachers who quit their jobs after the first year do so because of an inability to maintain dis- cipline in their classroom. Some colleges and teacher training programs respond to this need by offering spe- cific courses in methods of control. Others do not! Some state legislatures re- quire formal coursework to help teachers handle this first prerequisite to teach- ing. Others do not, despite the fact that learning is im- possible in a chaotic class- room! Consider the contrast- ing approach of the skillful teacher, Mrs. Justice. She wants the love of the class too, but she is more keenly aware of her responsibility to the students. On the first day of school she delivers her inaugural address, but it is very different from the one being spoken by Miss Peach. She says, in effect, "This is going to be a good year, and I'm glad you are my students. I want you to know that each one of you is important to me. I hope you will feel free to ask your questions, and enjoy learning in this class; I will not allow anyone to laugh at you, because it hurts to be laughed at. I will never embarrass you intention- ally, and I want to be your friend. Well, we have some work to do so let's get start- ed. Would you take out your math books and turn to page 4? " Mrs. Justice just sounds like she knows what she's doing. Nevertheless, Butch's counterpart makes himself known about three days later. (There's at least one Butch in every class- room. If the troublemak- er leaves during the year, a new demagogue will rise to take his place.) He challeng- es Mrs. Justice in a small way, but she was not caught unprepared. She's been ex- pecting him, and she socks it to him. He loses big! Ev- eryone in the class gets the message: It doesn't pay to attack Mrs. J. Wow! Poor Butch didn't do so well, did he? Mrs. Justice then delivers a little speech she has been saving for this moment. She says, "There's something each of you should know. Your parents have given me the responsibility of teach- ing you some very import- ant things this year, and I in- tend not to disappoint them. I have to get you ready for the things you will need to know next year. That's why I can't let one or two show- offs keep me from doing my job. Now, if you want to try to interfere with that pur- pose and disrupt what we're here to do, I can tell you it will be a miserable year for you. I have many ways to make you uncomfortable, and I will not hesitate to use them. Any questions? Good, let's get back to work." Mrs. Justice then pro- ceeds to follow a little for- mula that I favor tongue in cheek: don't smile till Thanksgiving. By Novem- ber, this competent teach- er has made her point. The class knows she's tougher, wiser and braver than they are. Here comes the good news: Then they can begin to enjoy the pleasure of this foundation. She can loosen her control; the class can laugh together, talk togeth- er and play together. But when she says, "It is time to get back to work," they do it because they know she is capable of enforcing her leadership. She does not scream. She does not hit. In fact, she can pour out the individual affection that most children need so bad- ly. The class responds with deep love that will never be forgotten in those thirty-two lives. Mrs. Justice has har- vested the greatest source of satisfaction available in the teaching profession: awareness of profound in- fluence on human lives. Book: The New The New Dare to Discipline by Dr. James Dobson MEALS Sweet's Column by Barbara Sweet Hi stars and welcome to this big stage all lit up in col- orful lights and decorated to help with all our stars who will have a birthday or anni- versary in the week of June 22 to the 28, so come on up onto this big stage and take a bow, June 22 – Jeff Gayhart turns 30 years, Adam Rus- sell turns 29 years, Eric Knight turns 34 years, Zach- ary McDowell turn 10 years, Natalie Williams turns 20 years, Kaydence Sutt turns 13 years, and David Riester turns 64 years. June 23 – Gabrielle Kor- ryn Hall turns 2 years. Mark and Dee Houchin will cele- brate 12 years. June 24 – Patrick Gerber and Braelyn Cargal. June 25 – Mary Alice Mousie Ashby. Harrell and Lavern Shoultz will cele- brate 76 years. June 26 – Emily Lou Warner turns 9 years, Ju- lian Monroe turns 34 years, Mark Brittain turns 56 years. Eric and Whit- ney Knight will celebrate 7 years, Larry and Heather Smith will celebrate 7 years, and Ira and Kathy Wilson will celebrate 2 years. June 27 – Alisha Green turns 34 years, Allison Al- dridge turns 32 years, Wy- att Michael Knight turns 5 years. Aaron and Angel Bel- lamy will celebrate 11 years. June 28 – Trisha Sweet turns 29 years, Bridget Elaine White turns 8 years, and Dianne Knight. May all our stars have a really great day and may all your wishes come true. Keep in your heart and in your prayers all our stars who need that card, vis- it, phone call, or that dai- ly thought of them to help them all get through another day full of happiness. Bren- da Gish, Junior McDonald, Annabel Richardson, Mar- gie and Benny West, all your stars who get the seasonal allergies, and those who have those daily aches and pains of everyday life. Events coming up in Winslow and the surround- ing areas are: June 21 – First Day of Summer – Now the hot and humidity of summer real- ly begins. Look out we may have a freeze. Ha-ha. June 24 – To God be the Glory Praise Concert and Revival at Millers Field in Winslow from 2 p.m.-6 p.m. Several speakers and sev- eral stars in the praise and worship. Bring your lawn chair and join this commu- nity event bringing togeth- er area folks to share the ex- citement of our risen King. The Road Riders for Jesus are grilling hot dogs. More info., call 812- 766 -3003. July 1- 4- Jefferson Township Ruritan 4th of July Festi- val – Lots of fun for all ag- es, pageants, tractor pulls, eats, and the sweet deserts plus more, so check the Press-Dispatch. July 3 - Winslow Girl Scout Troop 211 will meet at 6pm at the House of Mer- cy Church basement. July 4 – Otwell will hold the Jefferson Township Ru- ritan July 4th Parade at 10 a.m. so bring your lawn chair and enjoy the fun. July 6 – Winslow Lions Club at 7 p.m. at the Trading Post. July 6 – Pike Co Moms Group will meet at 10 a.m. at the Otwell United Methodist Church. July 9 -15 – Pike Co. 4-H Fair will start with a parade at 6pm in Peters- burg Main St to Hornady Park. Livestock of all kinds and many exhibits to view. Come and show your sup- port to all our Pike Co 4-H kids. Winslow Seniors meet on Monday and Tuesday at the See SWEETS on 9