Don’t Need No Book Learning
"1 never cracked a book,” Moose
used to boast, "but I’m sure gonna get
a diploma.”
After repeating several required
courses, Moose actually graduated.
"Now,” he promised himself, "I’ve
gotta get serious and find me a real
good job. Be what they call a success.
Make at least $ 1,500, maybe $ 1,600 a
month.”
After several months of job hunting
and appearing for job interviews.
Moose finally landed a job, "a real
good job,” with a starting salary of
$455.37 a week.
"But I made up my mind firm like,”
he told the personnel director, "to
make at least $1,500 or $1,600 a
month.”
The director, with a puzzled look,
then said, "I believe that can be
arranged.”
"When do 1 start!”
"Come prepared to learn our shop’s
procedures on Monday.”
Moose, ever eager, was on time and
he tried his hardest to understand the
various procedures. But reading direc
tions flustered him and his jumbled
notes confused him. He could not per
form the simplest tasks.
"Sorry to let you go after only four
days on the job. Moose,” said the per
sonnel director, "but every bit of your
work had to be scrapped. If I were
you, I'd consider additional training. Any
how, here’s a check for your time with
us.”
The check, of course, amounted to
much less than his monthly goal of
$1,500 or $1,600. It did not even
amount to a full week’s pay of
$455.37.
Did the Holidays
Bring Joy
or What?
The holiday season is a festive time
for most. It brings families together
and vacation from work and school.
The spirit of love and giving surround
us. We hear the joyous laughter and
see the bright eyes and smiling faces of
the people as they enjoy the wondrous
light shows displayed by many. But
the holidays are not joyous for
everyone.
For many it brings emotional dis
tress or even depression into their
lives. Emotional distress could be
characterized as a mile-long chain
placed over the shoulder of a weary
traveler with tons of scrap iron, old
tires and garbage of all kinds attached
to it. Each piece of junk symbolizes
details of some type of humiliation: a
failure, an embarrassment, a rejection
from the past. You could free yourself
from this heavy load if you would j ust
turn the chain loose. Depression on
the other hand, is an entirely different
ordeal.
The difference in emotional distress
and depression is you cannot recover
from depression without medical
help. Emotional distress, as 1 said
before, is something you can let go of.
You have to work at it but if it doesn’t
seem to fade with the holidays you
could be suffering from depression
and you need help. Clinical depres
sion is a serious medical illness that
strikes more than 12 million adults
each year. It requires proper diagnosis
and medical attention. If you or some
one you know might suffer from this
illness you are encouraged to seek
help. If your feelings of despair,
worthlessness, death, uncontrollable
crying last for more than one month
seek a physician trained to diagnosis
depression.
-Mindy Anderson
In North Carolina, one is guilty of driving while impaired (DWI) if one’s
alcohol concentration meets or exceeds .08, or if one is under the influence
of or affected by alcohol or other drugs.
TAB FOR FIRST-TIME DWI OFFENDER
Fines
$2,000
Average Yearly Insurance Increase
$1,800
Attorney’s Fees
$
800
Jury Trial - Appeals
$
800
Court Costs
District Court
$
60
Superior Court
$
90
Alternative Transportation
$
250
Substance Abuse Assessment/Treatment
$
200
Alcohol/Drug Education Traffic School
$
100
License Reinstatement Fees
$
100
Total Cost
$6,200
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Elizabeth Hollar-Behr, Associate Director
Shirley A. Harrell, Secretary.
Wilkes Community College
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-Pre-Nursing
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TO 16 Accounting
T030 Administrative Office Tech.
T059 Associate Degree Nursing
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T027 Building Construction Tech.
TO 18 Business Administration
T022 Bus. Computer Programming
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Services Technology
T003 Diesel and Equipment Tech.
T073 Early Childhood Associate
T039 Electromechancial Tech.
T045 Electronics Engineering Tech.
T074 Foodservice Management
T025 Hotel/Restaurant Mgmt.
T179 Radio and TV Broadcasting
Technology
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V015 Architectural Drafting
VOOl Automotive Body Repair
T027 Building Construction
VOl 1 Dental Assisting
T073 Early Childhood
V042 Electronic Servicing
VOS 3 Foodservice Specialist
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V033 Industrial Mechanics
T179 Radio and TV Broadcasting
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T189 Basic Law Enforcement
Training
T018 Business Administration
T022 Bus. Computer Programming
T073 Early Childhood (Level I
and Level 11)
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T045 Electronics Engineering Tech.
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V033 Industrial Mechanics
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