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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 1 Apr 1992, p. 8

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Geo!F Fellows operates the Human Resource Development Institute, P O. Box 642. Cambridge, NIR 5W1, Tel. 623â€"0283, providing effectiveness training for business and industry. Ever since Hippocrates, people have been divided into four classes of behavioural tendencies that are inherited, which are easily identifiable using the Personal Profile System, as well as pointing out the traits that were learned from nurture, or life experience it ail depends on the two people, whose character traits depend on how they will react to their upbringing, for or against But whether they choose to follow their parents example, or reject it, is unpredictable, becaues every child is a brand new person, a unique identity with different behavioural tendencies. That is why some pe()ple can rise out of the slum or ghetto they were born in, while most of them cannot. The study of identical twins shows how much nature can override nurture. There is the case of twin brothers who were adopted at the age of one by different families living 50 miles apart in .\’*skav Neither of the boys knew that he was adopted. or thÂ¥t he had a twin brother, until their 21st birthday. At their first meeting, they discovered that they had each got a job with the same telephone company, both working as repairmen. Both had married in the same year to the same type of woman! Generally speaking, it is very important to know the family background of your prospective mate; but it is much more important to know their reaction to that background and what they learned from it. Similariy, young people from broken homes often have fine, stable marriages, because they don‘t want to put their children through what they had to endure. Perhaps the most incredible part of all was that they each owned a dog, and both dogs were named Trixie by the brothers, and both were fox termiers! Two identical entities living 50 miles apart in different family environments. Then again. there is the pendulum effect, in which children raised in a family where violence is prevalent can be perfectly agreeable mates because they have had enough of that nonsense and are determined not to act like their parents. quailties. And the answer is no, But, because the boy was raised with a father who knew how to get on well with his wife, the chances are good that the boy acquired a lot of his father‘s good habits And this is a matter of nurture. _ 146â€"4120 And the doctor may say: "You‘ll just have to keep on worrving. Nobody will know what your daughter will look like until she is old enough for her features to form. She might just look like the female version of her dad, or her aunt Tilly, and mavybe she‘ll be lucky enough to look like her mother. There‘s no way of telling these things in advance." \s tar as appearance goes, children will hardly ever be a combination of the looks of both parents. They will usually resemble one person in a preceding generation â€" maybe an aunt, uncle or grandparent â€" but there is very little blending in inheritance. Hereditary features generally appear full strength, not diluted in any way, except for the action of the male or ‘emale hormones, as the case may be Only nature can Young womer, planning on marriage, have been known to say to their doctor: ‘My fiance is a goodâ€"looking man, but I‘d hate to have a daughter grow up to look like him." A matter of nature and nurturing B 545 KING STREET N., WATERLOO (across from Conestoga Mail) r is a good husband, does the son inherit the same ties‘ And the answer is no. But, because the boy was raised a father who knew how to get on well with his wife, the ung people planning marriage also ask: If a man‘s ne these things \_ l HONDA CIVIC MILEAGE CHAMPION PERSPECTIVE includes â€" cloth upholstery â€" mag wheels â€" allâ€"season radials CIVIC VX â€"72.9 mpg â€" EPA Highway Calls nnswered'trpy"r.-hz volunteers var).' in nature, Brice says. Some students want to vent frustration about exams, and some calls are as Under the direction of student coâ€"ordinator M.J. Gepilano, a thirdâ€"year psychology student, volunteers answer calls from their peers, Sundays through ’I'hursday_s from 7 p.m. to 12 a.m. Approximately 20 volunteers have spent eight hours of training with Dorothy Henderson of Wateloo Regional Helpline, a Canadian Mental Hgalth Association program. "We‘re trying to stay away from counselling, because we don‘t like the connotation that goes with counselling," Brice says. "This (P.A.L.S.) is more like listening. The whole objective is to have peers helping peers." iiulalan d uol dnc A td atefininiilt hi l sc Sometimes, when things aren‘t going as well as expected, what‘s needed is a pal to lend an ear and a little guidance. A program recently initiated by the University of Waterloo‘s Federation of Students is helping to fill that need. The Peer Assistance Links Service (P.A.L.S.) is a phoneâ€"in listening and referral program in which student volunteers offer support to their peers. Lisa Brice, viceâ€"president of university affairs with the federation, says P.A.L.S. is the first step in a program based on the concept of students helping students. A university can be big old lonely place â€" especially if you‘re not familiar with the services it offers and the support it can provide. Deborah Crandal! Chronicle Staff Program helps students cope with the pressures of university life Good P.A.L.S. Starting from $12,995 9 you can get a Civic CX 1 soloean enc oo e oome e o it Estt P.A.L.S., which is in the "pilot project" stage, began operation March 15 and will wrap up on the last day of classes this month. Over the summer, the program‘s advisory board will evaluate it and determine whether or not any modifications are needed. The program will be reâ€" launched next fall. Eventually, Brice says, the Federation of Students will establish a walkâ€"in peer assistance centre, but will maintain the phoneâ€"in service for students who wish to anonymously seek listening and referal services. The P.A.L.S. phone number is 888â€"4860. "Some students just want somebody to talk to â€" they‘ll call in and say, ‘Oh, my God. I can‘t stand it, the stress is getting to be too much for me‘. And some want to know things like whether or not we have legal services on campus." While P.A.L.S. was initiated by students and is run by students, an advisory board, consisting of students, faculty and staff, oversees the operation of the program. "On the board, we have repsresentatives from counselling services, as well as the peychology program and social development studies," Brice says. ‘"The point of that is that we have professionals helping to run the program. And hopefully they (staff and faculty) will add some continuity â€" as students go from term to term, t.hgy will be there to oversee the program." Soios on POmEe W Oversce U gIam serious as students requiring referrals to sexual harassment counselling. (plus prep., freight & taxes) 22 Dupont Street Eoxt _ WB 4: 1030â€"6 ’L"':mwm Sot.: 1030â€"5

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