Severely handicapped class arrives - The Lowell

inulyud. and. in Felu'i case
ditpwcd.
The Icacbcr MI discussing imporla*
cvem in American History-
"And Chen in 1773. as all Ameilcam
blow, after the American lea mcrdams
wen rorced into bankruptcy
by the British, a cargo of lea was
Jtfown ovcrboara. . ."
""Vhy an it thrown tnnhoanl?"
"Kenupted Felii.
"Well, it had tu be destroyed in
•one wry 10 as to. . ."
"But why throw? ovtrhaard? I
mean, that'i prcny spipid; the tea
would juu jci wet: you couldn't use
U anymore. Now if I were la. . "
"Bui Fclii." the leacher proteucd.
"we cannot dispute what was done.
We L.TUU merely accept. . ."
"Now if I were to do d. lint of all,
I'd lunch the Indian disguise
I mean, come on: '*ho were they trybk
lo IbcJ? A whole bunch of peocfc
in white iujfi drcaint as Indians!
Wow I think thai the whole thine
could hare been set up lo took like
it waa dor* by Ihe Commies. It could
have been the sun of the Cold War.
Kint Ceatts titling there saying.
"Thrj looks to me like a communi*
pla." But then, nT coune. you have
tbepcoMemofthetci, anj Russian*
would throw over vodka. . ."
The hcU ranf. "Fcli,." ihe teacher
'.at tuning io gel annoyed. "!
nans r-ombed Pearl Harbor "
After thi, realign of his
forefather.' incompelencc, Frfii
headed lo ihe hnrary. [cli.. ca.ly on
in the year, had Jccidcd that now was
Ihe time to su.1 taling those accelerated
daues which would loot so
tood on his Harvard application the
ne« year. So Fcli« was drolled in
Library Tninina 3. after succiuHly
passing Library Training I and
Library Training 2 wiih honors. To.
day was his Library Training 3 Tirol
Felix naturally was a l.n
disconcerted about this tot. Yet. if
it had to he taken, it had lo be laxcn.
and FelU knew he was not one lo
dispute anything.
"Good morning, FelU." said the
librarian. 'Any last qucsticu. before
we (el started?"
"No. I don't Clink v>. . ."
"Fine. Tine. Well ihcn. your kit
will be in two pans. The first portion
n a son of lest of your technical ability
in monitoring ihe beeping machine
at Ihe turnstile of the library. Aj ynr
know, it is library policy lo beep
anyone who looks like Ihey are in a
nnh lo get lo iheir next class, r-r
anyone who fa wearing a walk-man.
To ihe laltcr we at it.g not m
hurt (ithcrs; rc.ipcmir.f; life, moratily
and pfopeny; h"Ui.->i: a ;*>b which
J.X3 not hurt other*, reviling evil;
rfriving to free r*> from ihe average guy
walking down the street.
The restrlofaos on Buddfc u stu-
^a' W'f»
Oh- CJfl>. c^ttcntc wll Jffiu] tliy
Whi'c U>e> d«i trhjn. JI mcil* jnl
)MtlKhn);\. it doo nut i»:cup> the entirejjv.
at mmi people uhtt lite at
ihr Zen Center htw rcpjlar jtirn unJ
«n»n can juu tile everyone civ:.
Whcrca* monL\ oic «nl' tnjuircd ii>
\hi\e ttvir hCAlt.thcrc an: very tcv>
iimiLilkmt platcJ on \tt>k.*nt K:hjvk»r.
The tKily ml form of •clf-U^rJ.'l
iMKstZcnDuddhal&danKcjt meat.
Zen B»ldhiU\ folltrw a daily tou-
:inc ot early morning iKiliuiion,
calicJ cairn *hich i* simply an exctci\c
la help get in touch with their
txidicv It uachi^vd by tilting tn the
(». hut I
fre\hnun." uid I'CIA
"Gc. (*ul (if Itcic tins iniltint 1 watch U to wrist, yet alto as thimble
u to finger. Mcnt correct would be
.xlmct is in head as tmmblc U m
finger iime the thimWc ts put on s
finger for protection, like the
helmet."
"Well »hat ahour a glove? .tn*i
thai protection for >» .; r fingers, too?"
blurted out Fefix.
Silence. The teacher uid nothing
but only stared at Felii. obviously
very puulcd
"I think that Liu rumple is a hick
because *. \K people will think that
i*'% no* rei! y 4 thimble, but a glove
in.,i\.!,»,» c printing." argu«\l
"Welt I:,' . ."
"1 think MMitconc made a big
^rnistaKc.Nilhistcst. Idon"! ihinL it's
irally t»a itut we have to take irick
tcstv And xtui aNwl \omcot< who
thought that it wasn't r.en a glove.
." it wa» a harJ grenade. ThaCll pro-
All •>! a MxUcn.»: