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By ALLEN TAYLOR
Staff Writer
"You should always be prepared
for teaching," said Jim Burns amid
a chorus of closing file cabinets
and ruffling papers.
Bums seems to have the talent
to do two or three things at the
same time. As he speaks, he is also
in the process of reading a magazine,
cleaning out his office and
putting together folders in preparation
for the fall semester and the
rush of 250 new students.
Burns is in the business of
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They are special because, in most
cases, USC was their only chance
to go to college.
Not only is Jim Bums a teacher,
he is the director of the College of
Applied Professional Sciences'
Provisional Year program, which
admits students who otherwise
wouldn't have been accepted to
college because of low test scores
or low grades in high school.
"They get smaller classes and
more academic nurturing here than
in the normal university," Burns
said while leafing through a magazine
and looking up to speak at the
same time.
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"You have to know they haven't
read much," Burns said, smiling to
himself. "They've become more of
a visual society.
"Although his students are considered
academic underachievers
by other institutions, Burns
believes in giving "his children"
another chance.
But this doesn't mean relaxing
the rules. In an effort to get them
used to the routine of reading,
Burns gives his students more to
read in his American Literature
course than they ever had to read
in high school.
In fact, reading is Burns'
favorite pastime next to collecting
old R&B records. He was going to
teach a summer school course
about the history of the blues, but
he just couldn't seem to find the
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a raise in the past five years," he
said, raising his voice over clanging
drawers. "It would curl your
hair." But Burns doesn't take a
cynical approach to USC's recent
financial cutbacks or the faculty
"brain drain" rumored to be taking
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people's attitudes tend to trigger
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the news isn't as objective as it
should be.
"That word 'brain drain' hurts
some of our feelings," he said,
stopping everything for a moment
to speak about a subject he holds
close to his heart.
"There are still a lot of good
teachers here."
Whatever happens, Burns
doesn't plan on leaving USC any
time soon. Besides, in a-school of
about 25,000, he will always have
"children" to teach.
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