Table of Contents 1
Cover
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Preface
New to the Third Edition
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The World Into Which I Was Born
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Section 1: Becoming During Childhood (Birth to Age 11)
Chapter 1: The Trike, the Porch, the Dare, the Air
Chapter 2: Choices
Chapter 3: “Cool,” “School,” and First Grade
Chapter 4: Milledgeville
Chapter 5: The Rock Beneath the Ivy
Chapter 6: If I Had Been Texas, Dr. Toomey Would Have Struck Oil
Chapter 7: Will Lee, Jim Crow, and Racial Poverty
Chapter 8: Perpetuating the Lost Cause
Chapter 9: An Encounter With the Klan
Chapter 10: Just as I Am
Chapter 11: My Brother Was a Home Run; I Was Strike Three
Chapter 12: Water Works! A Rush Downstream to the Reservoir
Chapter 13: Judge Hardy
Chapter 14: Sex at Church
Chapter 15: The Loans
Points to Ponder
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Section 2: Becoming During Adolescence (Ages 12 to 18)
Chapter 16: Making the Grades . . . Almost!
Chapter 17: Hard Work
Chapter 18: I Married the Football Team
Chapter 19: Looking for Athletic Support
Chapter 20: Saying “No” to the Skimpy Blue Speedo
Chapter 21: “And This Shall Be a Sign Unto You”
Chapter 22: Radiating Fruit Flies
Chapter 23: Carrot Walks and Talks
Chapter 24: Examinations and the Inauguration
Chapter 25: Junior ROTC and Me
Chapter 26: Cool Breeze
Chapter 27: Mount Up-Some-More and Beyond
Chapter 28: How the Past Came Into the Present
Chapter 29: Typing
Points to Ponder
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Section 3: Becoming as a Young Adult
Chapter 30: Greeks, Geeks, Freaks, and Misfits
Chapter 31: A June Night in December
Chapter 32: The Lakes of Wake
Chapter 33: The Beers of My Senior Year
Chapter 34: Student Government
Chapter 35: Swinging and Undue Public Affection
Chapter 36: Holding On to Your Beliefs
Chapter 37: A Summer Camp Surprise
Chapter 38: The Foxhole
Chapter 39: The Good Neighbor House
Chapter 40: Be Modest
Points to Ponder
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Section 4: Becoming Oriented to the Counseling Profession
Chapter 41: The Calling
Chapter 42: Bandits
Chapter 43: “Uh-Huh” Is Never Enough
Chapter 44: The Locked Ward
Chapter 45: Tex Ritter Smith
Chapter 46: From the Inside Out
Chapter 47: My Pal Sal
Chapter 48: Talk Is Cheap
Chapter 49: Playing Hunches
Chapter 50: Consultant or Catalyst
Chapter 51: Sometimes It Is How You Ask the Question
Chapter 52: Three Acres of Garlic
Chapter 53: The Music of Life
Points to Ponder
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