24 - North Shore News — Wednesday, February 23, 2000
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A few months ago,
Charles Schulz, the
long-time creator of the
Peanuts cartoon charac-
ters, announced he was
retiring, wishing to
spend more time with
his family and taking

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care of his health.

Just last week, he passed
away, on the eve of the very
last panel thar he produced.
His passage is a great loss for
kids and aduits alike. For over
50 vears Shultz managed to
capture the essence of child.
hood frustranon in Charke
Brown, the wisdom of per-
spective in Snoopy, the inno-
cence of vouth in, Linus, the
precociousness of intellect in
Lucy and a variety of evervday
characteristics in other figures
who came and went from time
to dime. We all identified with
someone in Schulz's work
eventually.

Asa teacher and adminis-
trator determined to add a lit-
de levity to some of life’s chal-
lenges berween youth and par-
ents, I have a thick file of vel-
lowed Peanuts clippings span-
ning over twenty years. [have
used them on tests, in newslet-

‘ate admission ticket ;
<2 or aut ages are.

PARENTING ——
es Schulz taught parents and children

ters, for in-school advertising.
iv ttie is labelled. “Chariie
Rrown for All Occasions” and
Phave often sat and flipped
through it after a tough day,
just te find a panel that would
keep that day in perspective.

Rarelv was P net able to
find one.

OF course, as an educator,
one of Schulz’s latest charac-
ters, Marcie, became a
favourite. Her attempts to beat
the school system and out
smart her teacher, rarely suc
cessfiil, never ceased to hit the
nail on the head for half the
students in any class at any
time. As hopeless as her efforts
were to find a short-cut, she
never ceased to maintain the
hope of students everywhere
that there was some other way
to be successful other than by
simply studying. In my classes.
she relieved a lot of anxiety
during exami time.

Schulz had a rare witt: the
Stulity to see the world
through the eves of 2 child,
long atter he had lett chitd-
hood himself. No doubt his
cartoons were Meant as muh
for adults as tor the children,
reminding us with childlike
simplicity of the things that
really mattered in lite.

Charlie taught generabens
ordoubtrul kids to hang in
there even when the vomg got
tough, Snoopy taught evens
one to respect the ditferences
oi others, through his toler-
ance and acceptance of

Voodstock and his ramily.
Lucy taught us to question
things and not to accept trite
information as fact. Lirius and
his blanket taught us about
loyaley and Pigpen caught us
that we shouldn't judge others
by their appearance. ‘There
were lessons too NuMeEroUs to
mention, too deep ta ignore

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and set se brilliantly: portrayed
iv only a few panels of a car-
toon.

[grew up with Peanuts
daily, perhaps in a time of a lit.
tle more innocence. The loss
or Charles Schulz and bis ere-
aUivitv is a great one for afl of
us who knew his characters,
but f have litte doubt thar the
VENT generation will suffer for
his passing,

Timeless in its scope.
reruns of Chacie Brown and
fis frends will bkely adern the
Paves of many pepers for years
te come, That's 2 good thing
for children, for parents and
for those teachers who need to
collect some pearls of wisdom
and light moments when the
trials and tribulations of being
a kid, raising a kid, oF teaching
a kid seem too big to over-
come. Good grief, dan’t we all
have those days?

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