About the diary writer
- Barbara McDowell Whitt
- Kansas City, Missouri, Alexandria, Virginia, United States
- ~ About: A 1961-65 Park College Diary ~ As a high school girl and then a college coed in the first half of the 1960s, I wrote nightly entries on the pages of one-year diaries. In January 2010 I began transcribing the entries into a blog and gave each one a title. I grew up on three farms within 30 miles of Iowa City and the University of Iowa with its Iowa Writers' Workshop. As the oldest of four daughters, in my diaries I sometimes referred to my sisters as "the kids" or "the girls." We helped our parents, but we also had good, wholesome fun - a characteristic I took with me to Park. Park is 300 miles southwest of West Chester, Iowa, in Parkville, Missouri, on the Missouri River 10 miles northwest of Kansas City, Missouri, and across the river from Kansas City, Kansas. In 2000 Park College became Park University. Today Park's flagship campus is in Parkville and there are an additional 41 campus centers across the nation. Park was one of the first educational institutions in the United States to offer online learning. My last post was on May 22, 2018. I may be followed on Twitter @BarbaraMcDWhitt.
Looking for Tangible Results in Student Teaching - Tuesday, September 15, 1964
Today I observed a second grade class to see their reading groups. We're supposed to observe on the next higher and lower grade levels. I have a full and busy schedule but I love the challenge of what can have more immediately tangible results than some things I've applied my energies toward. There's an erroneous assumption floating around that I have a lot to do with the dress regulations committee. I merely acted as the go-between for the Sunday Evening Forum and student council. Dean Miller tracked me down in Alumni just before music to tell me to have it announced that the old regulations are in effect temporarily. Mostly new members were at tonight's SNEA (Student National Education Association) meeting.
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