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There are many ways besides education in which English schools differ from their American counterparts- their form of punishment for instance. In America, when a young boy does something wrong, it's "I will not talk to Tommy during class, I will not talk to Tommy during class, I will not..." etc., for 100, 500, or 1000 times or whatever. If the situation demands more action, then perhaps suspension, or even expulsion, is the school's verdict. But in England... ah yes, in England... the penal system is quite different.
"Wait here," a professor will threaten. The doomed schoolboy, knowing his fate, nervously awaits while the professor leaves the room only to return all too quickly.
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"Bend, BOY!" comes the command, whereupon the condemned youth quietly begins a closer inspection of the floor.
"Whack, whack, whack!" The repeated blows from the professor's bamboo cane come insistently one on top of the other. The English find that pain is a much better means of communication with the pupil. Before leaving England, I was to become quite familiar with this quaint old English custom.
Naturally, I was not the only one to experience such hardships. There was a large, slightly over weight boy in our class by the name of Puvie. His overbearing character rather matched his girth. Having nothing better to do during one of our math classes, he removed his sandal, this being the required in-door shoe, and placed his compass, point first, through the hole in the front. Then, replacing the shoe on his foot, he proceeded to give the chap in front of him, a rather small boy by the name of Bone,
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10th/11th grade
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2nd grade
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The Original Webb School
At right is the second grade class picture. Being from a military family, we moved alot. Dad was in Vietnam in '60 on his 'hardship' tour while the family waited for a year in Florida.
Another thin slice of bio can be found on the Web under a column entitled My Old School. It occurred during the spring of '69 at a boy's school in Bell Buckle, Tennessee. It was called 'The Webb School.'Yea, you got it. Athena's WEB was in part a reflection of my learning at The Webb School. I wonder what ol' Sawney would think?
Modern Viewz
After the initiation of the radio show in 1978, Don was asked to write a column for the Campus Connection in 1983, a local paper published in Amherst, MA and serving the five college community. During that year, Rob Rainey, a local cartoonist, ran the following strip. Don went on to write for the Advocate Newspapers beginning in 1984.
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An astrologer since 1972, Don holds a BA from the University of Massachusetts, where he graduated Magna Cum Laude with a major in Classics, and a minor in Astrology in the Ancient World. He continued his graduate work at both Boston University and Brandeis. In 1983 he was voted 'Best Astrologer' in the Valley Advocate's 'Best of' series. In 1992 he was the featured speaker before 50 astronomers and physicists in a presentation Don calls, 'Athena in the Lion's Den.' Athena's Web is currently carried by the Amherst Bulletin, and has appeared weekly since 1983. Don is an NCGR Level IV professional astrologer, and has written and produced shows for radio and television. Together with his wife Gail, he led groups to Belize from 1998 to 2000, studing Mayan medicine and teaching about the stars. He has produced two one-hour videos, Myths, Dragons and the Ages in 2003 illustrating the weave of celestial wisdom throughout indigenous cultures around the world.
Life changed considerably after Gail's passing in July, 2000. Immediately after those dark days Don traveled across country, journeying from Nantucket to New York, Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina, Texas, Arizona and Colorado looking mainly for himself.
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Don married Lisa on August 15 2006 (the day after she turned 50! I figured she was old enough to know better!), and again a year later on December 11th, 2007. These were the east and west coast editions. Stay tuned for a ceremony coming to a location nearest you! Before either wedding, we honeymooned in Italy, Sicily, Malta, Greece, Crete and Amsterdam, from the heights of Mount Olympus and back. I think marriage is a wonderful way to conclude a honeymoon, but that's my opinion.
I am so very proud of my two children kt (Kathryn Megan Cerow) and Andy (Andrew Alexander Davis Cerow), whom I love very much.
(2009) kt (sic) is currently working full time in a lab at Boston University, while pursuing her Masters in forensics. She is currently slated to gain her degree in September, 2009. She lives in Brookline together with Chuck and their two cats, Bach (short for Bacchus) and Willow.
kt is still happiest on the other end of a fishing pole, which she doesn't see too much of these days.
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Andy is currnetly working his way through a degree in Criminal Justice at the University of Massachusetts. He already has two associates degress under his belt from Greenfield Community College. For quite a while now he has diligently been keeping up with his ABC's. When he's not studying at Rao's in Amherst, he's swimming, running, and playing basketball or soccer.
With my past in the anti-war movements and general sentiment towards the establishment, I told Andy I was a little nervous about him going into criminal justice and kt into forensics.
"Just as long as you don't come after me, Mr A-bone!" I said defensively.
With a gleam in his eye came the reply.
"Dad, you're the first one I'm goin' after!"