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John James Ahearn, professor of philosophy, sees himself as a guide first and a teacher second. But few will argue that his choice as a guide as his primary vocation hurts his teaching abilities in the least. An enthusiastic teacher, Ahearn feels that the more experience an edu- cator brings to the classroom, the greater his students, enthusiasm will be for the subject. He feels experience in life is paramount, even if that experience includes raising cows, chickens and horses. We need to know life before we teach it, is Ahearn's philosophy and he feels no person can have lived life by going to school from kin- dergarten through the doctorate level without having experienced anything else. How a person goes about living life to its fullest A- hearn did not say. But he feels living life centers around understanding people and that is what a guide attempts to do. Ahearn is a novelty in today's complex world: his life is simple, yet challenging, basic, but full. El Matador editor-in-chief Michael Starrett and staff member David Schuman along with staff photographer Scott Wong talked with Ahearn last October in an inter- view where he shared what he feels to be the more im- portant sides of a person. Professionally, the native-born Chicagoan has been at Western since 1968. He came to AWC when he re- signed from the priesthood after six years of pastoral service. The 44-year-old Ahearn has taught on the junior high level in parochial schools in Arizona and New Mexico. Ahearn, a licensed pilot and a veteran of the Air Force, teaches philosophy and comparative religions here. Last school year he was honored as the 1970 homecoming dedicatee. He also serves as director of the board for Awareness House, an anti-drug effort in Yuma, is a member of Somerton Rotary and El Toro Foundation. To Ahearn, teaching involves becoming a complete human being before all else. In no way does he feel it must include bearing the label professor. As he con- siders himself a guide first and a teacher second, he also feels that a teacher should be a human being experiencing as much of life as possible first and a teacher second. This interview was conducted on his ranch-style home near Somerton on the front lawn with birds chirping, cows grazing nearby, an occasional neighing from a horse, and the pitter patter of life-children at play. Novelty: A rt 0fEffective Living An interview with John James Ahearn
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