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...last month Harve had prowled around Hollywood (with mother) interviewing cinemoppets for the Times at $50 a week. Come fall, after classes (eleventh grade) at Chicago's South Shore High School, he will write a daily column for the Times, salary not yet discussed. On the air he will pick up $50 per as M.C. of a copycat Quiz Kid show, Quiz Down...
...Grade-school kids have been directing street traffic, two or three to a kiosk, with more safety and celerity than anyone remembered. Today the workers' unions took over so the kids could go home and get some sleep. The university students, who operate in spontaneous, well-disciplined cadres of ten, haven't had much sleep either. There were over 1,300 of them (many are now dead), and they still hold themselves responsible for law and order...
...Mother's little angel seems to turn to demon overnight. For Six, life is duplex. He seesaws between yes & no, love & hate, laughter & tears, chocolate & vanilla. A tough first-grade teacher who insists on his learning the three Rs may give Six a stomachache; he would rather play games. This little extravert loves praise, can't stand criticism, frequently confuses "thine" with "mine...
Seven. This is the subjective or Melancholy Dane age. Seven develops a charming pensiveness, becomes a good listener and also a bit of a thinker. Too-constant use of the eraser symbolizes his selfcriticism. Seven needs a perceptive second-grade teacher who can help him through this soul-wrestling. He likes to be near her, to touch and talk...
...average World War II veteran completed his high-school sophomore year. World War I veterans averaged only a sixth-grade education...