Los Angeles Valley College - Crown Yearbook (Valley Glen, CA)

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QAMQ ss, -,i. s H 1. 5 x .Qt and feels that young people keep you young, alert, and alive, he decided to become a geography teacher. Of course, teachers are much more than just teachers, and Prof. Barlow, no exception, has many other interests. Outside of school, he is a husband and full-time father of four children. An avid golfer, he believes that golf is more than a game, it's a therapeutic diversion. A dedicated wine collector, Prof. Barlow started collecting California Italian wines as a result of writing a thesis on the wines and their growers. After dating a girl named Lisa for 13 years, Prof. Barlow finally capituIated and married her. They live now in North Hollywood and have three sons and one daughter who range in age from 16 to 21. Prof. Barlow was born in Phoenix, Ariz., and was graduated from L.A. High School. He became interested in sports in junior college and ran on the track and field team as a sprinter. Perhaps jokingly, he attributes his running ability to the necessity for speed caused by living in a neighborhood in the heart of L.A. At Pasadena City College and Occidental College he played fullback on the football team. This interest continued in the Army, and Prof. Barlow played halfback on the Seventh Area Command football team. When contemplating his future, Prof. Barlow explained, I was a professional cartoonist at one time, and I might go back into that field, or I might try being a journalist. But, right now I'm having too much fun teaching. Looking into his crystal globe, Prof. Barlow loresees the format of his students' geography course and a term paper looming in the luture. The earth, as discussed in relation to the universe, promotes endless questions from Prol. Barlow's students.

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ln motion with the times, Prof. Barlow keeps his classes alert physically as wall as mentally. 'Young eople Keep You Young' By Elaine Nevelow Illustrated by Steve Fischer Bob Barlow has definite ideas about the teacher's role. He lives by the axiom the key to the students' approbation and a successful career is not to dress or act like students, but just to be sincere and be yourself. Bob Barlow, assistant professor of geography, believes that if the teacher has the right attitude he can make even the dullest subject exciting. And he tries to keep his geography classes exciting, first, by looking upon teaching as more than a job, and, second, by relating the subject to the students and their needs. He stresses that the teacher must keep renovating the subject every semester so that neither he nor the curriculum becomes stagnant. Prof. Barlow's interest in geography started when he was in the Army. Primarily, becoming a geography teacher afforded me the opportunity to travel and the chance to meet people, so I just naturally gravitated toward it, he says. Originally, Prof. Barlow was a philosophy major, at UCLA, but changed his major several times. ln 1960, he received a B.A. in geography, and in 1964 he was awarded his M.A. in the same field. After his graduation, Prof. Barlow became a lumber salesman, unhappily, because this job did not let him use the knowledge he had acquired in college. With an M.A. in geography, the major categories one can work in are pretty much limited to writing books or to teaching. Because Prof. Barlow has always enjoyed working with people , 1 ..f 1 l, If 'on . '.o'si,T'l,,-1 A k' U W L . .i ,.. . 1 gl T xo Q N '-..'.g-'i 3.13'1.i' Liu'-is 15 if x--..-'Iii' 'X ll.. ,ggi- -ir: get 'PMN' 'J-4, 'f I-'?b?'.l With golf as a favorite pastime, Prof. Barlow makes ready to putt and prove himself to be an ace-in-the-hole outside, as well as inside the classroom.

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