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.
Will Teach in NKC School System and Receive $5,150 - Saturday, April 17, 1965
It looks as if I'll be teaching in the North Kansas City school system next year! I received a contract from them in this morning's mail. Gee - is this a great feeling - $5,150 salary for the school year, too! This afternoon I went with the other girls who had gone in on the Nickel steak dinner and some of the Nickel guys to Wyandotte County Lake. We had a great time flying kites, eating the delicious steaks, and playing softball. I went with Seth to the show tonight. He's pretty much stopped talking about his misfortune now. But I'm afraid I caused him a renewed one. It's not all my fault - it's Seth's way of looking at things.
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How many of my students would love to have a job lined up before graduation.
How different things are for them.
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