Its nothing serious. We just have to make out these forms. Opie got ad in arithmetic . Well, it happens. It just means he probably should study more. Ill get after him. Hows he doin on the other stuff . Oh, fine. Opies very bright. Yeah. He takes after me a good bit. door opens hi, paw. Andy speak of the devil. Hi, miss crump. Ill see you later. Byebye. Bye, miss crump. I made four touchdowns today during recess. Is that a fact . Hey, paw, can i get one of those jerseys with the numbers on em . Theyre good for football. You never have to wash em. I tell ya what lets forget football for a while and talk about arithmetic. Miss crump says youre not doin too well. Well, i study. Is there something about arithmetic you dont understand . Well, were goin into Long Division now. Yeah. I hate it. Well, why should arithmetic be harder for ya than anything else . I have to erase a lot. Sometimes i get a hole in the paper and have to do it all over again. Sometimes the bell rings before im finished. Oh, i see. If they had better paper, i think i could get a good mark. I tell ya what tonight after supper well have a little session on Long Division. Oh, hi, everybody. Opie hi, barney. Hi, barn. Been playin football, huh, ope . I ought to show you how to handle this thing. I gotta meet the kids. Rifle fife they used to call me. Bullet passes, you know. They still talk about me at the high school. Can i have it now, barney . Its all in the way you hold it. You gotta grab it right in the center. Johnny unitas of the baltimore colts holds it at the end. Oh. Well. Everybody has his own system, i guess. Can i go now . Oh, well, sure. Okay. So long, paw. Bye, barney. Ill see ya, ope. You gotta catch these kids when theyre young. Yeah. Your son, opie taylor, unsatisfactory . Oh, thats just kind of a form letter. D . Mmhmm. Hes gonna study some more. Well, id say he has to study a lot more. Sure. sighs well, its none of my business. Youre the boys father. Its unbelievable. What . Nothing. sighs in this day and age. clears throat muttering you gonna tell me what youre mumbling about . If your boy is failin in arithmetic youd think youd have him studyin all the time. Oh, hes gonna study. Okay, okay. Arithmetics probably the most important subject there is. How do you expect this country to maintain its position in world leadership if our kids are flunkin arithmetic . Hes not flunkin, and im gonna work with him. Are you qualified . Its just Long Division. I think i can handle that. How you doin, ope . Oh, hi, paw. Im workin. Thats good. Suppose we take a little turn at that Long Division we was talkin about . Oh, okay. Now, the main thing in studyin any subject is to understand exactly what youre doin all the time. I know. Just understand it step by step. Now, suppose we start with a, with a simple problem. Well take, say, uh, 14 and well divide that into, oh, 169. Okay. Okay, now, put your 14 down on the left draw ya a line up and over and then put your 169 under there. Why do you do that, paw . cause thats the way you do it. When we give an answer we have to tell why we do something. Miss crump says well never be able to do higher mathematics later on unless we know why we do things. Well, that makes sense. That certainly makes sense. The reason that you put the 14 down on the left isis because, uh. Thats the rule. But shell ask us why you put it on the left. She will . Yeah. Well, uh. We probably better not tackle too much the first night. Just put the 14 down on the left okay, draw ya a line up and over and shove your 169 under there. Oh, okay. Okay. Now, how many times 14 go into 16 . Once. Put your one on top there. Okay, now, what you got left over . Uh, one times 14 is 14 subtract and, uh, have 2 left over. This. Bring down the nine. Bring down your nine. Now, how many times 14 go into 29 . 14 goes into 29. 14. Twice. Twice. Thats it. Now whatcha got left over . Well, two times four is eight and two times one is two. And you subtract and you have one left over. Thats it. Why . What do you mean, why . Just, why . Well, uh, you put down your decimal point because youre going to put down two zeroes after that. And, well, the reason you put down a decimal point and two zeroes is sos that you can, uh, you can keep dividin, see andand shove that number on out there and that way you can keep thinkin about it andand workin on it and everything until you finally get it done. You understand . No. Well, itll come to ya. Thats probably enough for tonight. These things have a way of of, uh, clearin up suddenly sometimes. Oh. I wondered where you were. Well, we were just goin over a few things. Im glad youre starting your homework early. Yeah. If you have any problems, you just ask your father. Hell help you. Barney hi, aunt bee. Oh, hello, barney. Can i drive you home . Well, no, thank you. Clara edwards is picking me up. Looks like a good supper. Well, i hope so. Did andy work with opie last night . Work with opie . Yeah, on his arithmetic. Well, he was in his room, i know. If he didnt say anything about it, forget it. Hes probably tryin to hush it up. Hush up what . Well, i suppose youll hear about it sooner or later that, uh. Opies doin unsatisfactory in his arithmetic. Its kind of a danger point. Oh, dear, i didnt know. He probably didnt want to worry ya. You know, these things can be a shock. Arithmetic. Its probably in the genes then. I think if opie applies himself a little more. Well, you know easygoing andy. He thinks its nothing to worry about. He hasnt made a study of dropouts like i have. You dont think opies going to be a dropout, do you . Well, let me put it this way if i was the boys father id be going into the situation in some depth. Oh, my i didnt mean to upset you, aunt bee. None of my business. And theres a good chance everythingll work out all right. Well, im glad you told me. Well, what are friends for . Andy. Hmm . I met barney today. He said something about opies arithmetic. Oh, i wish hed stop makin such a big deal out of this. Well, he is doing unsatisfactory work isnt he . Well, yeah, but hell get straightened out. Unless we do something about it. Hes gonna do more studyin. I dont want opie to be a dropout. A dropout . Is that what barney said . Well, barney seems to be very familiar with the problem. He seems familiar with all problems. He thinks hes an expert on everything. Actually, i cant think of anybody who knows less about this than he does. Hi. Hi. How are ya, aunt bee . Fine, barney. I heard ya outside the door. Who were you talkin about . What . You were talking about somebody whos an expert on everything. Nobody you know. People like that drive me crazy. I make it a point to steer clear of em. I happened to see this magazine with an article about the bleak future facin our next generation. I thought you might like to read it. Why . Well, you know. Opie and everything. Id like to read it. Really . Well, you take your kid today that drops out or only gets a High School Diploma hes obsolete. A horseandbuggy man in a jet age. Thats how fast things are changin. That magazines already a year old. Will you forget it . Thats a fine attitude to take. I came across some information that i thought any parent of a child preparin for college would like to know, thats all. Who says opies preparing for college . He sure wasnt when i seen him runnin down the street. Andy, i always thought of opie as going to college. I never said he wont. Well, statistics show. Were not talkin about statistics. Were talkin about one boy, opie taylor and if opie cant have a little trouble with arithmetic without his whole future goin down the drain then this countrys in trouble. Its the world we live in, ange. Have you given any thought to sending him to a Vocational School . Theres a Wonderful School in mt. Pilot in meat cuttin. If i hear one more word about opies studies. All right, all right. You might want to know where his abilities lie. Barney has a point there, andy. I dont want to hear it. Okay, okay. If you want to discuss it some more ill be over at my place. See ya, aunt bee. Bye, barney. door closes nownow, let me, let me get this straight you didnt think it was so allfired important, did you . Well, no. Itsits just one of those things that should be corrected. Let me ask ya this suppose opie never does get to be great at arithmetic. Could that keep him out of college . Its getting more difficult to get in college. The competitions keen. Well, i didnt say that. What about Vocational Schools . Are they hard to get into . No, i dont suppose so. Uhhuh. And if he doesnt improve in his arithmetic it is possible that that could keep him out of college . Well, i suppose it could. I got to go home. Andy. Ill be back. Hi, paw. Get upstairs. Huh . I said get upstairs donkey sound elephant sound theres a big difference between making noise, tapping sound and making sense. elephant sound donkey sound when it comes to Social Security, we need more than lip service. Our next president needs a real plan to keep Social Security strong. elephant noise hey candidates. Enough talk. Gee, barn, paw asked me to go right home and study. Well, thisll only take a few minutes, ope and it might be important to you. Well, i guess itll be okay. Now, have you ever heard of a Vocational School . No. Thats a school where they teach you a trade as opposed to a profession where you have to go to college. See . Now, sit down. Now, what i have here is an aptitude test. I already had three tests today, barney. Well, this ones different. Now, you comfortable . Yeah. Perfectly relaxed . Okay, here we go. If you had a choice, what would you do read a book or build a boat . Take your time, now. And read a book when i went to bed. clearing throat uh, well, suppose you only had time to do just the one thing. Well, if it was saturday. One thing, ope. Lets narrow this down, now. Well, i guess id read a book. Good. Youd read a book. Okay. If somebody were to present you with a gift, would you prefer an electric motor. Now, listen carefully. Or a chemistry set . Now, thats a simple, direct question right on the line. Now, think, opie. What size chemistry set . Its a chemistry set it has chemicals in it johnny has numberone size and it doesnt have all those chemicals where you can make bombs that smell like rotten eggs. This one makes the bomb. In the red box . What difference does it make . well, i guess id take the electric motor. Huh. Good. Now, youd take the electric motor . Is that motor ac or dc . Whats going on . What are you doing here . Taking a test, paw. Uh, i was just, uh, giving him a vocational test in case he dont go to college. sighing i see. Uh, ope, why dont you just run on home and get on your homework . I havent finished. Youre finished. Come on, ope. Okay, paw. clearing throat barney . Uh, ill handle this, okay . I was just trying to help the boy, andy in case he cant quite. Well, you know, in case he dont go to college. Hes going to college. Oh, well, fine, im all for that but, i mean, if hes falling behind. He wont fall behind. Well, good, good. No question the boy has potential. You know, if i was in your place id recommend. Dont recommend anything. Fine, fine, well, ill get out on patrol. Do that. Ill see you tonight. Tonight . Yeah. Aunt bee invited me over for supper in case you wanted to talk about it. sighing opie, you havent even touched your cake. I dont feel like any, aunt bee. But its the kind you like. Oh, i think ill go up and study. Thats a good idea. Go on upstairs and study. Okay, paw. I just hope hes all right. Hes been studying so hard. No football or anything. Oh, thats good for him. Cant get grades if your minds on football. Well, im wondering is this studying so important . Yes. I happened to be talking to mr. Foley in the Grocery Store and you know what he told me . What . He told me einstein was a dropout. Well, that was some time back, aunt bee. It was a little easier to get by then. And besides, who knows how far he might have gone if he hadnt been a dropout . It just seems to me there should be a happy medium someplace. Oh, he gets all the play he needs at recess. Its a planned curriculum, aunt bee. I mean, the school board works out a proper balance between mind and body. I suppose so. I think youre on the right track, ange. Thats good to know. Ange, have you given any thought to when he gets to college . What hes going to study . Well, for heavens sakes lets let him get in college first. Well, i didnt mean to upset you. College. People have always said i should have gone. I had a real bent toward chemistry, they said. I got as almost all the time in high school. And years later, when that movie came out about madame curie well, by that time, it was too late. Just think, aunt bee. You might have been madame curie. Well, she was exceptional. And french. Yeah. Well, i blew my chance at the big ball of wax right in high school. I could sit and stare at the same page for hours. My mind just wandered. Wandered toward what . Oh, girls, mostly. andy chuckling i wasted a lot of time. Well, not wasted. both laughing i had a good connection, too the f. B. I. Yeah, a direct line. My uncle knew a man who used to do a lot of their plumbing in washington. They only took college grads. As plumbers . As f. B. I. Men. door opening oh, hi. Hi. Whats the matter . Its opie. I want to talk to you about him. Whats happened now . Well, im afraid im partly responsible for this. Ever since i brought you that message about him about his arithmetic and we talked about college well, hes been doing worse. Whats the matter with him . ive made him study harder and cut out football, and everything. Well, maybe thats it. What do you mean . Youre carrying it a little too far. Too far . if hes not doing well at his schoolwork then hell have to study harder, thats all. Dont be a hysterical parent. Im not hysterical. If hes not cuttin the mustard hes gonna have to work harder but not letting him play football and pressuring him. Well, children have nerves, too. I took the liberty of telling him he could go out and play football this afternoon. You shouldnt do that. Im his father. Im aware of that. Im just trying to help the boy. Its wrong when one person tells him to do one thing and another person tells him to do something else. I told him to study. Im sorry if im encroaching on your territory, mr. Taylor but do you realize that if you push a child too hard and anyway, i dont think your ways been too darn successful. Hi, ope. Hi, paw. How you doing . Okay, i guess. I, uh, understand you played football today. Miss crump said i could. I know. Howd you do . Not too good. We lost. You lost . Yeah. I fumbled a lot. Oh. Uh. Opie, uh, i think that youre probably as good a Football Player as you ever were. I think the reason that youre not playing too good right now is because you got, uh, you got too much on your mind. And im, im afraid that im to blame for that. So, ill tell you what well do. Ill just quit pushing you so hard, okay . Okay. And you go ahead and. Be a little boy. And do the best you can. And, uh. Try not to fumble so much. Okay. Okay. Paw . Hmm . Juanita milstead sister he loved his family. He was very devoted to them all, and his neighbors. Hed do anything to help anyone at any time. Now at six siblings of the man killed in wednesdays tornado tell us about his life and the way it ended. This is wdbj7. Im melissa gaona. And im jean jadhon. Tonight were learning more about the man who died during wednesdays tornado in appomattox. Keith harris came from a big family, and tonight theyre us about his love of farming and his deep faith in god. Wdbj7s tim saunders is live in evergreen, where harris lived his entire life. And most of his family lives here too, jean. Keith harris was one of 18 children. His siblings say he was the glue that kept the family together. Near the end of twin tunnel lane sits a plot of land that was farmed by keith harris for 50 years. Macauther harris brother we all grew up on a farm and we all enjoy farming. We all worked hard together. Macauther harris was one of keiths 17 brothers and sisters, most of whom live nearby. When he wednesdays tornado, it didnt take party to form. Was harris newphew, ricky. Harris nephew i went through the woods seven times looking for him. We went under trees and what not. We went through this brush pile over here and couldnt find him, but he was right in the middle of the field