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that today's youth recognizes the
differences between Reagan and
Mondale. Th ey believe Reagan will
supply them with jobs, he said.
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said, "because they know that our
opponent would take us back
ward into fear and weakness and
economic stagnation."
Throughout his speech and
news conference, Bush followed
this same pattern of praising
Reagan and then condemning
Mondale and Ferraro. He praised
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getting older and tired of teaching.
He equated this boredom to that
experienced by a factory worker
at General Motors doing the same
thing for many years. Dudley said
that unlike business, teachers do
not gain prestige or seniority as amount of hours, the teacner re
they get older. He said this lack of mains in the educational system
incentive often makes dealing with dissatisfied,
the system more difficult. Educators are hearing and
"At 30," Dudley said, "teachers reading more about teacher burn
are asking themselves, 'Is this out and teacher competency test
what I want to do? Do I want ing. This negative approach to
ulcers, heartaches and hall duty criticism of educators and their
at 50?-' " - qualifications can make even the
There s more to teaching than
standing in a room full of kids
and talking, and it doesn't get any
easier, he said.
Dudley said that once some-
body passes age 35, the chances
of finding another good-naying
job are slim. He cited an example
of a 48-year-old teacher who, dis-
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By Kesaa Soderberg
Doily Nebnus&eii Senior Editor
Underemployment or unem
ployment, unequal distribution
of recognition, cerfectionalism
and blocks m productivity are mi
concerns of trouble of talented
adults, said Barbara Kerr, direc-
tor of the country's only counsel-
ing center for gifted adult writers
and artists.
Kerr, an associate educational
psychology professor at UNL,
spoke on "freeing the creative
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selr Saturday during the Nebra-
ska Writers Guild Conference at
The Cornhusker hotel in down-
town Lincoln. '
Kerr called under or unemploy-
ment "a tragedy of our times."
She said society values athletic
ability over intellect and said most
jobs don't tap creative potential, must measure themselves by their ships may offer situations to write
"I know some people who would own standards. about, but can create too much
rather go hungry than take a job Perfectionalism, Kerr said, tension.
that doesnt tap their potential," strikes many people, but there is Tension also is caused when
she said. a difference between a regular creative people view their crea-
Kerr said two great lies about perfectionist and a gifted perfec- tivity as a mystical gift, Kerr said,
jobs that everyone hears are that tionist. A gifted perfectionist Is It's a myth, she said, that creativ
a perfect job waits out there for so much better at making life ity is fragile, exotic End can be
everyone and if they work hard, miserable for everyone else. Every easily lost. But, if believed, the
they will get what they want. Be- detail must be correct." myth can be a self-fulfiUing pro-
cause these are myths, people Kerr said most perfectionists phesy, she said.
must learn to differentiate be-
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agriculture, science, education, local school boards. Mondale
Soviet relations, the B-l bomber wants control to come from
and Mondays campaign tactics. Washington he said.
In agriculture, he said, Reagan These distinct domestic differ
is a leader and supporter. In con- ences spill over into foreign areas,
trust. Bush said. Mondale would Bush said. When it comesto the
put an end to the American
. farmer with his proposed domes-
tic content bill - a protective leg-
islation.
Bush said the Reagan adminis-
tration is for scientmc progress,
while Mondale fights it. He cited
Mondale's Senate vote against
construction of the last space
shuttle as an example.
Even though polls show that
teachers support Mondale over
Reagan, Bush said the president
is confident of his education poli
cies. The administration has spent
"a good deal of money" on educa
tion, he said, and at the same
time given control back to the
gruntled with the educational sy
stem, looked for a different job,
but found that businesses are
less likely to hire an older person.
Businesses view older people as
greater risk3, he said. Not finding
a job with more pay for the same
best teachers develop a bad self-
image, Dudley said. He said this
self-doubt causes teachers to con-
sider other lines of work or is
reflected in their job performance,
Larsen, who is a candidate in
the upcoming elections for the
state Board of Education, said
people are Nebraska's best re-
"A job is something someone
gives you," Kerr said, "A career is
something you give yourself."
Kerr said being a waitress could
be your job but "if you love to
write, that's your career."
T . 1 -
inequity oi recognition is an-
other problem talented people
face. When Oscar Wilde said a lit-
tie part of him died everytime a
friend of his did something bril-
bant, he was talking about this
problem, Kerr said.
Kerr said this feeling usually
hits talented people when they
open tne nevspaper ana some
dork" they went to high school
with is doing something better
than they are.
Kerr said evaluation must be
internal rather than external She
said writers must not let criti-
cism or praise affect them, but
tninktneyare average and every-
one, else "is just not trying." She
iaid she started her "slob of the
week program to help perfec-
tionists "see how the other hp'f
lives."
Under this program, the per
fectionist has to leave the house
in the morning with part of their
grooming undone, let someone
down at work, throw dinner to-
Esther from leftovers, leave the
cusnes unaone Detore
goms to
bed and stay
something bad,
up late reading
Alter domg this for a week, one
woman said she reahzed she could
be excellent at the thirn that
mattered even when she wasnt
Kerr ud she discovered, while
Monday, October 22, 1934
Soviet Union, Bush saia, lieapn
negotiates from a strong position,
Mondale would negotiate from a
weak position, he said,
Mondale a weakness results In
pari irom iua w uic
B-l bomber, Bush said. Without
the B-l, he said, the United States
cannot move forward in defense.
"We're for that (B-l)," Bush
said. "It's the fastest vay to mod
ernize our defense."
. Bush concluded his speech by
reassuring the crowd that Rea
gan would continue to lead the
country. Mondale's criticism of
Reagan will not get him elected,
Bush said.
source.
The educational system Is re
sponsible for increasing the value
of this resource by developing
people's capacity to leaxn new
things, he said.
Jobs will be different in 20
years and there is no way to train
people for those job3 today. We
need to improve the quality so
that people acquire the skill to
learn their entire lives," Larsen
said.
Thi3 can be accomplished by
tightening accreditation require
ments for schools and increasing
teacher certification require-
ments, he said.
Larsen said he wants to estab
lish a statewide staff develop
ment program to generate new
ideas and stimuli that will retain
teachers' interest in teh classroom
vand maintain a high level of qual
ity In the system.
writing her book called "Smart
Girls," that many of the most
intelligent women let everything
else go so they could do one thing
well
If you want to be excellent,
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you ve goi to gei ria oi seme oi me
perfection," Kerr said.
Kerr also said writers, like all
talented people, have blocks in
production. While each person's
block is personal, Kerr said, bad
habits, concern about losing
creativity, lack of tension and
minimizing what they have to say
are common causes of blocks.
Bad habits include high
alco
hol and drug use and involve
ment in "crazy relationships." Kerr
said famous writers like Hunter
Thompson are Mood in soite of
their drug use and not because of
it. She also said crazv relation-
A lack cf tension, hewev
ra? j.e wrfcrnr'a h!f!r. Kerr said
Ray Bradbury doesnt tell people
his plots because the tension
initiative to write. Kerr said wri-
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lenging relationships or look for
ways to malca themselves slishtry
uncomfortable in order to spsxk
creativity.
Kerr said writers also can cause
production ilocls when they stsrt
asking "Who am I to ssy this; who
truth?" she said writers must be
careful net to fall into the trap of
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