Today is 04/27/2022

from my private journal, as me, Kerry Burgess, typed after being released from the USA Veterans Affairs psychiatric hospital enduring many months sitting in a grungy two-computer room in a homeless shelter on the waterfront in downtown Seattle:

by me, Kerry Burgess, excerpts from my private journal: 11/2/2006 7:11 PM

Mr. Gassaway’s Math class

I was in 8th grade, Mr. Gassaway requested that I sit in during one period with his 7th grade class, with my own desk next to his, and grade the homework of his 7th grade class.

I just looked up in a list I made earlier and Kerry Burgess would have been in 7th grade in the second half of 1978 and the first half of 1979. When he asked me to grade the homework of the 7th graders when I was in the 8th grade, that would have been in the second half of 1979 and the first half of 1980.









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Daily Princetonian, Volume 55, Number 98, 3 October 1930

DEAN GAUSS IN 'SATURDAY EVENING POST' ARTICLE ADVISES EXAM FOR PARENTS OF COLLEGE STUDENT

Pointing out that many men's college life hase been ruined because of home difficulties, Dean Gauss suggests in his latest article in the Saturday Evening Post that in addition to students' examinations a series of searching questions concerning family life be given to every parent.

Dean Gauss suggests 12 questions to ask parents of prospective college students, to get an idea of what co-operation could be expected from the home of each boy. First the college wants to know whether the boy knows his place, what he excels at and if the father and mother know how much to expect of him. Again the Dean would like to find out the parents' relations, which have great influence in shaping the boy's sense of family loyalty and responsibility. As a third and fourth question he would ask: "Are you selfindulgent?" and "Are you overindulgent to your children ?" in order to determine whether the future collegian has been tied to his mother's apron strings or coddled. The fifth and sixth questions deal with the trust that parents are going to put in the schoolmaster and the child. Dean Gauss thinks that boys had better be kept at home than sent to a school where the teacher or the student is not given full faith by the father and mother. The seventh bears on how much the parent can help the boy by showing a proper confidence in his judgment in choosing companions, while question eight searches into the question of whether the boy has been robbed of a real home by hotel life.

The ninth query, "Do you share any hobbies with your son?" will in its answer reveal whether the father is a real companion, Dean Gauss believes, while the tenth asks the father if he has any bad habits which he conceals from his boy. The eleventh and twelfth section of this novel examination, (which ask whether the parents consider the child abnormal or a genius are very important as the author sees it in determining chances for cooperation. The last question asks what the parent has read on education, and the article concludes with the statement that those who have read least on this are happiest.









https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066999/quotes

IMDb

Dirty Harry (1971)

Quotes

Harry Callahan: Uh uh. I know what you're thinking. "Did he fire six shots or only five?" Well to tell you the truth in all this excitement I kinda lost track myself.











https://youtu.be/Zo8BZVRtmzs

AH-64 Apache Helicopter In Action









From 10/3/1930 ( from The Daily Princetonian publication: Dean Gauss in 'Saturday Evening Post' Article Advises Exam For Parents Of College Student ) To 6/8/1993 ( commencement, Princeton University Class of 1993 ) is 22894 days

22894 = 11447 + 11447

From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 3/6/1997 ( ) is 11447 days



From 12/25/1941 ( premiere US film "You're in the Army Now" ) To 3/6/1997 ( ) is 20160 days

20160 = 10080 + 10080

From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 6/8/1993 ( commencement, Princeton University Class of 1993 ) is 10080 days



From 2/4/1962 ( the first United States military helicopter shot down by gunfire in Vietnam ) To 6/8/1993 ( commencement, Princeton University Class of 1993 ) is 11447 days

From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 3/6/1997 ( ) is 11447 days



From 1/16/1991 ( from the thoughts in my conscious mind, coinciding with United States of America Veterans Affairs hospital psychiatric doctor medical drugs: the date of record of my United States Navy Medal of Honor as Kerry Wayne Burgess chief warrant officer United States Marine Corps circa 1991 officially the United States Apache attack helicopter pilot ) To 3/6/1997 ( ) is 2241 days

From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 12/22/1971 ( premiere US film "Dirty Harry" ) is 2241 days



From 12/20/1994 ( from the thoughts in my conscious mind, coinciding with United States of America Veterans Affairs hospital psychiatric doctor medical drugs: in non-aviator related duties boots on the ground in Bosnia as Kerry Wayne Burgess the United States Marine Corps captain this day is my United States Navy Cross medal date of record ) To 3/6/1997 ( ) is 807 days

From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 1/18/1968 ( Lyndon Johnson, 36th President of USA: Memorandums Directing a Reduction of Personnel and Official Travel Overseas ) is 807 days



From 2/25/1964 ( Muhammad Ali defeats Sonny Liston to become the heavyweight boxing champion of the world ) To 6/29/1995 ( the Mir space station docking of the United States space shuttle Atlantis orbiter vehicle mission STS-71 includes me Kerry Wayne Burgess the United States Marine Corps officer and United States STS-71 pilot astronaut and my 3rd official United States of America National Aeronautics Space Administration orbital flight of 4 overall ) is 11447 days

From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 3/6/1997 ( ) is 11447 days



From 10/24/1994 ( premiere US film "Stargate" ) To 3/6/1997 ( ) is 864 days

From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 3/15/1968 ( premiere US TV series episode "Star Trek"::"Bread and Circuses" ) is 864 days



From 10/4/1949 ( from The Daily Princetonian publication: Einstein Speaks To Crowd of 400 At UWF Forum ) To 3/6/1997 ( ) is 17320 days

17320 = 8660 + 8660

From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 7/19/1989 ( the United Airlines Flight 232 crash in Sioux City Iowa and from the thoughts in my conscious mind, coinciding with United States of America Veterans Affairs hospital psychiatric doctor medical drugs: the end of Kerry Burgess - *me* - the natural human being cloned from another human being {Thomas Reagan} ) is 8660 days



From 10/2/1989 ( from The Daily Princetonian publication: USG Recommends Student CIA Input - The USG adopted a resolution last night demanding a university prohibition of CIA on-campus recruitment until the U-Council reviews the agency's compliance with the university's equal opportunity policy. ) To 3/6/1997 ( ) is 2712 days

2712 = 1356 + 1356

From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 7/20/1969 ( my biological brother Thomas Reagan the United States Navy Commander circa 1969 was United States Apollo 11 Eagle spacecraft United States Navy astronaut landing and walking on the planet Earth's moon ) is 1356 days



From 7/21/1979 ( my biological brother Thomas Reagan and my sister-in-law Phoebe Cates are lawfully married in the state of Vermont ) To 3/6/1997 ( ) is 6438 days

6438 = 3219 + 3219

From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 8/26/1974 ( Charles Lindbergh dead ) is 3219 days



From 8/29/1980 ( I'm only 14-years-old and Thedia just got married again for the 5th time to some different Arkansas yokel, all during my lifetime ) To 3/6/1997 ( ) is 6033 days

From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 5/10/1982 ( from The Daily Princetonian publication: 'Loose Joints' Returns With Family Act ) is 6033 days



https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/memorandum-educational-excellence-math-and-science

The American Presidency Project

WILLIAM J. CLINTON

42nd President of the United States: 1993 ‐ 2001

Memorandum on Educational Excellence in Math and Science

March 06, 1997

Memorandum for the Secretary of Education, the Director of the National Science Foundation

Subject: Preparing Students to Meet National Standards of Excellence in Eighth Grade Math and Improving Math and Science Education

Since the early 1980s, U.S. elementary and secondary school students have begun taking tougher courses, and we are starting to see the results. National Assessment of Educational Progress scores have improved in math and science, with gains in mathematics equal to at least one grade level. On the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT), average math scores are at their highest in 25 years, even as the number and diversity of test-takers have increased. However, the eighth-grade results of the 41-Nation Third International Math and Science Study (TIMSS), released last fall, show that the United States is below average in math and just above average in science. That isn't acceptable; in this technology-rich information era, our students need to perform much better in both subjects, but especially in math, if they are to excel at higherlevel math and science courses that are critical to college admission and success and to citizenship, productive employment, and lifelong learning.

The first step in raising achievement is lifting expectations and setting high standards for what students should know and be able to do. Our National Assessment of Educational Progress, TIMSS, and the standards developed by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics give us a solid framework to build on. Last month, to help parents and teachers learn who needs help, what changes in teaching to make, and which schools need to improve, I asked the Secretary of Education to develop a voluntary national test for individual eighth-grade students based on widely accepted, challenging national standards in mathematics. The national test will be available to States and local school districts to give to their students in the spring of 1999, and will measure whether students have reached a high level of mathematics proficiency.

The primary responsibility for achieving high standards rests with students, teachers, parents, and schools in local communities across America. However, it is imperative that we work to ensure that Federal resources support student success as well. We must ensure that Federal programs, research, and human resources are used as effectively as possible to help improve teaching and learning.

Therefore, I direct the Secretary of Education and the Director of the National Science Foundation to form an interagency working group and to develop an action strategy for using Federal resources to assist States and local school systems to prepare students to meet challenging math standards in eighth grade, and for involving the mathematics, scientific, and technical communities in support of these efforts.

The action strategy should include recommendations for the use of Federal resources to help States, local school districts, and schools to improve teaching, upgrade curriculum, and integrate technology and high-quality instructional materials into the classroom, as well as motivate students and help them understand how math concepts are applied in the real world. The strategy should identify significant Federal programs, activities, and partnerships available to improve teaching and learning, ensure that these resources are appropriately focused on helping students reach challenging math standards, and determine how these resources can best support State and local reforms. In developing this strategy, the interagency group should review the current status of improvements in math education and identify and address critical areas of need, drawing on research and input from educators and professional organizations.

Because teaching and learning in math and science are so integrally related, and because success in both subjects is vitally important in this information era, the working group should also review how Federal resources and partnerships with other organizations can help improve student achievement in science.

The working group should make its recommendations and submit its action strategy to me within 90 days.

WILLIAM J. CLINTON

William J. Clinton, Memorandum on Educational Excellence in Math and Science Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/223986









https://theprince.princeton.edu/princetonperiodicals/?a=d&d=Princetonian19301003-01.2.14&e=-------en-20--81-byDA-txt-txIN-------

Daily Princetonian, Volume 55, Number 98, 3 October 1930

DEAN GAUSS IN 'SATURDAY EVENING POST' ARTICLE ADVISES EXAM FOR PARENTS OF COLLEGE STUDENT

Dean Gauss suggests 12 questions to ask parents of prospective college students, to get an idea of what co-operation could be expected from the home of each boy. First the college wants to know whether the boy knows his place, what he excels at and if the father and mother know how much to expect of him. Again the Dean would like to find out the parents' relations, which have great influence in shaping the boy's sense of family loyalty and responsibility.









https://theprince.princeton.edu/princetonperiodicals/?a=d&d=WeeklyBulletin19820510-01.2.29&e=-------en-20--81-byDA-txt-txIN-------

Princeton Weekly Bulletin, Volume 71, Number 27, 10 May 1982

'Loose Joints' returns with Family Act

"Loose Joints," the University's improvisational theater group, has' cooked up a new brew for its second Annual Spring show. Entitled The Family Act, the show explores the institution of the family through a montage of scenes, words, music and movement. The production opened on May 7 and will continue May 13, 14 and 15, at 8:00 and 10:00 p.m. in the Acting Studio, 185 Nassau Street. "Loose Joints" began two years ago as a collection of Princeton students interested in improvisational theater. It was founded and continues to be directed by Steve Gomer and Alan Questel, staff members in the Program in Theatre and Dance. The group worked together for a year, developing improvisational techniques, and in the spring of 1981 presented a performance piece, The Masquerade Is Not Over, to capacity crowds throughout the University. Last fall the group offered workshops in improvisational techniques. It also staged an audiencedirected, all-improvisational show, Jamming at the Empire Club. The piece was very successful, and will tour the New York metropolitan area in late May. The Family Act has evolved over the past four months, with the actors improvising from their own home experiences, and from stories and myths. The piece is by turns comic, serious and musical, and in the end looks carefully at the most important human institution, the family. The actors are Susie Cromwell '84, Rob Greenberg '84, Molly Hickok '82, Nancy Reed '83, Mark Warren '82 and Talvin Wilks '84. Reservations may be made by phoning the Program in Theater and Dance, weekdays, at 452-3676. Tickets are $3.00 for adults and $2.00 for students. Tickets may also be purchased at the door.



- posted by me, Kerry Burgess 08:34 AM Pacific-time USA Wednesday 04/27/2022