Waite exchanges math views
■ Clackamas Community College has a new
math instructor who has exchanged lives
with an old one.
I Brian Waite is the new math instructor,
replacing Harrison Platt. They exchanged
jobs, houses, cars and bicycles and are even
taking care of each others' cats and gold
fish.
I Waite is a math professor from Dorset,
Eingland, where he has been teaching for 11
wars. His wife Sue, daughter Anna, 10, and
son Jonathan, 9, are with him on his years
exchange. They arrived at Washington D.C.
August 19, for a five day orientation. This
is their first visit to the U.S. and was
arranged by the Central Bureau of Exchange
which arranges for about 100 teachers per
year to come to the U.S.
! The family traveled through New Mexico
and Arizona before coming to Oregon, and
Waite stated that people there had much
more of a drawl, whereas Oregonians are
straightforward and easy to communicate
with.
I Mr. Waite hasn't had very many diffi
culties adapting, except that it's hard for
him to get used to the great distances bet
ween places. He was surprised at the distance
between cities, and the large number of big
department store "chains". He also remarked
that the roads are wider and faster, but no
one seems to walk anywhere.
Mrs. Waite is still in the process of getting
things organized at home. Something new
for her is the microwave oven. Cat food is
the only thing she's attempted to warm up
in it so far. Anna has joined the Girl Scouts,
and Jonathan keeps himself busy with foot
ball and Cub Scouts. At Raleigh Grade
School, which the two children attend, this
is "Jonathan Week", and the younger Waite
will tell about life in England.
Waite said, "American classrooms, and
the material covered, is about the same as
in England, except for the fact that Ameri
can students have aids, resource centers,
tapes and slides to assist them. In England,
students get more personnal attention from
the teacher but classes are two hours long,
and only consist of 14-15 students. To
relax, the young people play a lot of skittle
in the pubs. This is a game similar to
bowling, with nine pins, three balls and
the manual set ups."
Waite is also the new soccer coach this
year. He said that the team has quite a lot
of work to do but hopes to set the basis to
have something to build on in years to come.
He likes the team's attitude of playing for
fun, instead of being totally competitive.
Brian Waite
Focus on Women
Thursday, October 7
9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
CC 117
ASG meeting
Thursday, October 7
11 a.m.
Fireside Lounge
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November 6
Portland Civic Theater
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The Preservation Hall
Jazz Band
Thursday, October 7,
8 p.m.
Civic Auditorium
Tickets at Lipman's (downtown)
and usual outlets
Hall and Oates
Friday, October 8
8 p.m.
The Paramount Theater
$6 in advance
The National Festival Ballet
of Spain
Friday, October 8
8 p.m.
Civic Auditorium
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"The Subject Was Roses"
Friday, October 8 and
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Portland Civic Theater
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Sunday, October 10
2:30 p.m.
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Monday Flick
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11 a.m. and Noon
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rDavid"
Coffee House Concert
Wednesday, October 13
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■'Oklahoma"
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Thursday, October 14
11 a.m.
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Thursday, October 14
Noon
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7 to 10 p.m.
CC 117
Student Senate Elections
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October 15 and 16, all day
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"Music Man"
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Civic Auditorium
BodyWorks
Saturday, October 16
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Duniway Park
John Prine
Wednesday, October 20,
8 p.m.
Civic Auditorium
ASG meeting
■'Communications"
Brown Bag Movie
Thursday, October 6,1976
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Attractions
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