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Compass
October 3,1980
MCKINNON PARTICIPATES IN CORPS
Kevin LaRoy McKinnon of
Hampton, Va., is par
ticipating in the first Peace
Corps Summer Intern
Program. Mr. McKinnon, a
senior at Elizabeth City State
University in Elizabeth City,
N.C., is majoring in English.
This internship is designed
for students who attend
historically Black, Hispanic
or Native American colleges
and universities. The eight
week program covers issues
concerning Third World
development. One of the
objectives of this program is
to increase minority
awareness of the Peace Corps
and to show minorities the
importance of becoming
involved in international
affairs.
Fifteen students are par
ticipating in the first
program. The students attend
workshops in the morning
and report to work in the
afternoon. Each student has a
work assignment with one of
the Peace Corps’ many of
fices.
Mr. McKinnon is working in
the Latin American Region of
the Peace Corps.
“Through my involvement
with this program I have
gained in-depth and very
beneficial knowledge about
the Peace Corps and its
functions on an international
level. This program is
definitely an assetin terms of
minority awareness of the
Peace Corps and the making
of future leaders in the United
State and, in fact, the world,”
said Mr. McKinnon.
Headed by Richard Celeste,
the Peace Corps is an in
dependent part of ACTION,
the federal volunteer service
agency. Around the world,
nearly 6,000 Peace Corps
volunteers are serving in 59
developing nations. Other
ACTION programs include
VISTA (Volunteers in Service
to America), University Year
for ACTION, and three major
Older American Volunteer
Programs involving over a
quarter million volunteers.
Sam Brown is the Director of
ACTION.
Information about ACTION
programs is available by
calling 800-424-8580, extension
93, toll free.
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Kevin McKinnon (center)
of Hampton, Va. discusses a
research paper he is working
on with Dr. Beverlee Bruce
(right), one of the coor- University. Willie Holmes
dinators of the Peace Corps (left), another intern from
Summer Intern Program and Birmingham, Ala. watches
an instructor at" Howard and listens to the con
versation.
COPING RULES FOR UNDERSTANDING OTHERS
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The way that other people
with whom one comes into
contact react to him, has a
very definite influence upon
one’s behavior. If people are
rude and abusive to a person,
that person is likely to
become fearful, insecure, and
to develop deep-seated hatred
for others.
If one is treated with kind
ness, he is likely to be secure
and like people. Often, one
tends to dislike other people
simply because he thinks that
others dislike him.
The person who takes the
time and makes the effort to
understand others is likely to
find out the below-the-surface
meaning of their behavior.
This understanding makes
one adopt a more confident
and positive attitude toward
people with whom he comes
into contact.
Following are ten rules that
will help you to understand
others and will result in
making both you and the
other person happier in each
other’s company:
(1) Tolerate the
weaknesses of other people.
Do not become upset simply
because other people are
different than you and want to
do things in a different
manner. Even a tem
peramental, mean and
abusive person respond
favorably to love, like you do.
So, respect their differences
and weaknesses just as you
would want them to do.
(2) Search for the positive
rather than the negative in
others. Learn to look for the
good in others and you are
likely to find what you are
looking for. When one seeks to
find negative traits, he is
likely to find them-and to
even interpret the good as
bad.
(3) Be sincere in your
desire to understand people.
There are many times when a
person who is envious, angry,
and troubled, automatically
criticizes everyone with
whom he comes into contact.
He dislike people because he
thinks that they are better
than himself.
(4) Accept the challenge of
liking the bad in people.
Almost anyone can enjoy
understanding the rude,
happy, stable person.
However, the challenge
comes in enjoying, and un
derstanding the rude, un
stable, abusive person. This
understanding indicates
disciplined maturity.
(5) No one is perfect; so,
don’t expect them to be.
Every person has flaws of
some kind-even you and I.
Avoid expecting people to be
perfect. Avoid being upset
when people fail to live up to
your high expectations. Do
you always live up to the
expectations of others?
(6) Dislike the things; don’t
dislike the person. Avoid
falling into the trap of
disliking a person merely
because that person
disagrees with you. Dislike
his ideas or his argument-not
him. It is alright to hate evil,
abusiveness, lying, distrust,
and greed“but have sym
pathy for the unfortunate
person, who is controlled by
them.
(7) Treat the unkind with
kindness. Determine to assert
yourself, but be kind in your
assertiveness. Decide that
the more unkind a person is to
you, the kinder you will be to
that person. The unkind
person seeks your love and
acceptance. Give it to him,
and watch him beam with
approval-and kindness.
(8) Do not let failure
frustrate you. You have more
successes than failures in
your life. So, never be
deterred from seeking your
objective. The greatest at
tribute of the successful
person is consistent deter
mination to never stop trying
to succeed.
(9) Be sincere in wanting to
improve. Be honest about
acknowledging the fact that
you have shortcomings. Once
you recognize your short
comings, you proceed with
your enormous energy to
eliminate this. This
realization is the first step
towards self-improvement
and happiness.
(10) Do not be your worse
enemy. Do not let your
emotions dictate your ac
tions. Make decisions only
when you have complete
control of your emotions. A
decision made while you are
angry is a bad decision.
These simple, easy-to-
follow steps will also help you
to imderstand yourseU by
understanding others.
Happiness will be your
reward.
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