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Carole B. Ripfcg
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Guy On My Job Ha*
Wrong Idea About Me?
Dear Carole:
_A guy on my job has the wrong_
idea about me. I think he thinks I
like him a certain way but I only
like him as a good friend. He
says he’ll accept me as a friend
now but he won’t settle for that.
He is a nice person. In fact, he is
a hunk. But I’m only interested
in his friendship. If he keeps
trying to make me like him I
might not like him as a friend
either. Can’t a man and woman
just be friends?
K.p.
Dear E.P.:
Yes. A man and woman can
have a relationship that is a
friendship only. If you are un
sure of your friend’s inten
tions, ask him. It is also im
portant for you to be sure of your
own feelings. Tell him what you
_want and what you don’t want
and stick to your opinion.
(Unless you have a change of
heart.)
" Carole
* Dear Carole:
My mother is perfect and she
makes me sick! I feel so in
adequate around her. She is the
perfect cook. Her house looks
like it belongs iffa magazine. She
doesn’t let anything get out of
place. And she works, too.
My husband is always com
paring me to my mother. He’s
getting on my nerves, too. I told
him the other day if he thinks
she’s so great he should move
mom. He doesn’t seem to un
derstand that I have my ways
and she has hersT I’m not going
to even try to be perfect. But how
can I make my husband stop
comparing me to my mother?
N.C.
Dear N.C.:
You may not be able to stop
your husband from comparing
you to your mother. But you can
try to become less sensitive
about his comments. Don’t al
low yourself to feel guilty be
cause of your husband’s com
ments. If you admire the way
your mother manages chores
and time, ask her to share some
tips with you.
Unless your husband is will
ing to share the family chores,
his criticism is unfair.
Carole
Editor’s Note: Carole B.
Ricks, an M.S.W., A.C.S.W.
social worker has a private
practice in Charlotte as a coun
selor. She is featured in Carole’s
Corner Mondays and Thursdays
at 7:30 and 9:30 a.m. on
WPEG radio 98 FM. If you have
personal adjustment, parent
child, or marriage problems that
concern you, nA-tte-__
Carole’s Corner *
P. O. Box 37107
Charlotte, N.C. 28237
Wachovia To Recognize Top Principals
Wachovia Bank and
Trust and the N.C. Depart
ment of Public Instruction
announced this week a new
statewide program to re
fyuraMStt rtann.
imisttiiiuiiig prnr
cipals in the state’s public
high schools. The an
nouncement was made at
the State Board of Educa
tion meeting here.
The Wachovia High
-. School Principals Awards
will be presented annually
to two high school prin
cipals. They will be chosen
from eight regional win
ners, one from each of the
state’s eight education dis
tricts.
The two statewide win
ners will each receive a
$1,000 cash award for per
sonal or professional use,
and their schools will also
receive $1,000 for academic
equipment purchase. The
remaining regional win*
ners will earn $750 for each
of their schools to buy aca
demic equipment. All win
ners will be awarded
plaques.
“Much has been done in
recent years to recognize
outstanding teachers and
to encourage academic
achievement on the part of
students. We at Wachovia
felt that more recognition
needed to be given to prin
cipals, who have devoted
many years to education
and who are often the
leaders and promoters of
excellence within a school
system,” said John F. Mc
Nair, III, vice chairman of -
Wachovia.
The Department of Pu
blic Instruction will ad
minister the program.
Each local education agen
cy will nominate a prin
cipal, who will prepare a
portfolio to be considered
by a judging committee in
each education district.
The eight district winners
will be reviewed by a state
wide committee in the fall,
and winners will be named
in November.
Information on the pro
gram is available by con
tacting James T. Burch,
Deputy Assitant Superin
tendent, N.C. Department
of Public Instruction, 919
733-2480.
Carolina PoD Finds Support
For Lesafaed Abortion
Chapel Hill - Nearly four
out of five adult North
Carolinians think that, at
least under certain circum
stances, abortion should be
legal, according to the
spring Carolina Poll con
ducted by the School of
Journalism at the Univer
sity of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill.
Interviewers telephoned
a random sample of 1,209
adults in the state and
asked, “Do you think abor
tion should be legal under
any circumstances, should
be legal only under certain
circumstances, or should
never be legal?”
Of those who had an
opinion, 19 percent said
that abortion should be
legal under any circum
stances; 60 percent said
under certain circum
stances; and 21 percent
said that abortion should
never be legal
Many respondents who
said that abortions should
be legal under certain cir
cumstances said they ap
proved of abortion only in
cases of rape or to save the
woman's life.
The poll’s margin of
error is three percentage
points. This means that in
95 out of 100 samples, the
results'should~differ by no
more than three percent
age points from what
would have been obtained
if every telephone num
ber in the state had been
dialed.
Telephone interviews
were conducted from Fe
bruary 17 through March 1
by UNC-CH journalism and
political science students.
Professors Philip Meyer
and Jane Brown super
vised the poll, which is
done twice a year by the
UNC-CH School of Jour
nalism.
The percentage of North
Carolinians supporting le
gal abortion at least under
certain circumstances in
the Carolina Poll is com
parable to percentages re
ported in national polls on
abortion. A 1980 poll spon
sored by the National Abor
tion Rights Action League
showed that 83 percent of
1,000 Americans polled sup
ported legal abortion. The
poll’s respondents were
randomly chosen from vo
ter registration lists and
were asked the same ques
tion that appeared on the
Carolina Poll,
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