Christian Korek

Mid Term

3-7-02

Holden Today

I would like to tell you about a guidance counselor I had in High school; his name was Mr. Holden Caulfield. I interviewed him over the phone and he began to tell me his story of how he became a guidance counselor. Soon after he was released from a mental facility that he was enrolled into, he went back to school locally. He still had a hard time concentrating on school but his little sister Pheobe helped him and he went on to graduate, passing all of his subjects. Holden, now a graduate from high school, wanted to attend college so that he could go help kids. He knew he wanted to get away from the big city and the phonies, but didn't want to go too far. He started looking at colleges in New Jersey; one of them was St.

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Peters College. He liked the idea that the school was close to the city but not too far, this would allow him to keep in touch with his family, especially his sister.

After five years Holden graduated with an average of a 3.0. Holden, eager to work, started looking through the paper when he noticed there was a guidance counselors position open at a near by high school in Bayonne. Holden figured this would be a great chance for him to be the "Catcher in the rye "as he said. He took the job there and was soon known by my other students and I as "Mr. C". We felt comfortable around Holden; this was because he was able to relate to us due to his life growing up. Mr. C said that he enjoyed this job because it gave him time off in the summer to be with the...