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Contents
Articles and Stories
“A Tale of Two Counties” 1
“Identity Crisis Brewing in Author’s Mind” 5
“Local Legend Transcends Technology” 11
“Williamsburg Field Trips” 15
“A Young James Bertino” 27
“Good Grammar and Spelling Skills” 31
“Misadventures in Furnitureland” 35
“Mr. Charles B. Sipley” 39
“The Pain in Sprain Is Mainly on the Plane” 47
“Growing-up in Hammonton” 51
“Dogwood Hollow: 1954-‘55” 63
“Little League Baseball” 71
“Wacky College Professors” 75
“Reminiscing Glassboro State College” 87
“School Assemblies” 95
“The High School Faculty” 103
“The MEATs” 117
“Catty Cat Catching” 129
“Life on the Blueberry Farm” 137
Essay Manuscripts
“There’s a Lot to Being a Teacher” 157
“Rap Music Is Not Music” 163
“Freedom Isn’t Free” 169
“Iraq War Necessary and Justified” 177
“Multicultural Education” 185
“School Holidays” 197
“Gerunds, Verbals & Participial Adjective” 207
“A Nightmare Vacation Trip” 211
“Why Jimmy Brown Doesn’t Write” 217
“Agents, Editors and Writing” 227
“Journalism Versus Creativity” 233
“Dickens, Thurber, Andersen and London” 237
“Riding the Cape May-Lewes Ferry” 241
“The Columbine-Type Student” 245
“Fighting in School Should Not Be Tolerated” 251
“Starting An Internet Publishing Business” 263
“American Education Is Wasteful” 269
“The Need for Competition in Schools” 277
“The Trouble with American Democracy” 287
“Environmental Greenies: Very Dangerous People” 297
“Darwin, Einstein and John Dewey” 303
“Wall Street Protesters” 311
Random Articles and Manuscripts is a collection of thirty-eight writings and essays that reflect author Jay Dubya’s personality and philosophy. Articles range from biographical sketches to the author’s humorous adventures, and the manuscript section is dedicated to the writer’s observations about matters that run the modern-day social spectrum from the Iraq War to inherent problems associated with American society. Some of the articles in this work originally appeared in the Hammonton (New Jersey) Gazette and in the Hammonton News.
In the “Articles” section of the book, accounts recalling the writer’s personal memories of certain people are represented in the stories “A Young James Bertino,” “Mr. Charles B. Sipley” and “Little League Baseball.” Humorous experiences are recounted in “A Tale of Two Counties,” “Misadventures in Furnitureland” and “Catty Cat Catching.” The author’s youth is recollected in the renditions “Growing-up in Hammonton” and “Dogwood Hollow: 1954-‘55.” And incidents from Jay Dubya’s thirty-four-year teaching career are described in “School Assemblies,” “Williamsburg School Trips” and “The High School Faculty.”
In the “Manuscripts” section, such essay subjects as “Rap Music Is Not Music,” “Why Jimmy Brown Doesn’t Write” and “Multicultural Education” are skillfully presented. Other thoughtful essays are also included with “Freedom Isn’t Free,” “American Education Is Wasteful” and “The Trouble with American Democracy.” The creative work “Gerunds, Verbals and Participial Adjectives” is a zany effort that pokes fun at the complexity and diversity of the English language and its complicated grammar usage.