1983_09 The Daily Collegian September 1983

              Sept. 9,1983 LPgj^c^f^h
School is his
way of life
Continued from Page 1
10 years ago after spending six-and-a-half years a
College of the Sequoias, a community college i
Visalia. Since then he's been accumulating unit
toward a bachelor olartsdegrceata paceofabou
load of an official full-time student. Duyst is ,
Aingcl
ie's lived m the
various buildings
live ol the eight
mended CSCl    He is known for
he cane and a
bluc-demm bag t
at hangs at his
ide
Duyst   takes
dorm   life   with
ts  often  noisy
vould 1 live''" Duvs
tasked "1 don't
ike to be bv n
vself  I'd go nuts
1 like to be by
people where 1
can see them and
talk to them."
His six broth"
ersand sistersalln
arricd long ago
even nephews
All have careers
and have been
while Duyst com
nues to seek a
ollcgc degree
Being disabled all his lite '::.   . . i-;k">-    ::iiii  i
hydrocephalus
(water  on  the  h
rain)  has   kept
nv quicker.  He
decided not to
r high school as
us conditions
owl) made walkin
g and use of his
irms difficult
"! stayed ho
ic alter high schoi
and helped mi
alhcronlhefs
ind milked cows and stuff like that "
In   the   mid
1460s   Duyst  att
California Con
incrcial College lor 1 1 months and
s 15 vears-to-datc
college career
Seeking a degr
cm business adm
nistration.firM
ai COS and the
natCSUF.Duysi
hen changed lo
ociolog) as a
major and then to
health science.
thing that bothers me is that I can't remember w
and pass classes like other people."
There is one goal in mind for Duyst: to com¬
plete the semester. He docsnt look ahead to
graduation for although he has reached senior
status he still has several years left. To project a
graduation dale is to look too far into the future,
something that  Duyst will only touch vaguely
"I'm still trying to gct*joh." he said, "arid be
like other people some day 111 do anything.411
work anywhere and do whatever they want me to
do." I don't look forward to graduation though. I
need to pass this semester first. They're (school
officials) complaining that I'm not taking a lot of
classes so I'm taking 11 units this semester. I don't
know if 111 make it      all I can do is keep trying."
Quitting school is the furthest thing from
Duyst's mind. His alternative is to return for good
to his parents' farm and simply exist.
"My dad's retired now and most of his land is
rented out to other farmers." Duyst said. "There's
just a garden that he takes care of. If I'm not in
school I wouldn't be doing anything."
Duyst still calls his parents' Laton farm his
home He returns there every weekend and spends
school vacations there also.
"My mom still washed my clothes for me."
Duyst said "She still picks my clothes up after me.
I just never learned to use a washer. Row much
soap do you put in? What do you do'1"
Although Duyst's disability is one that worsens
as time wears on. it has been controlled since 1977
with a shunt thai was inplanled in his head behing
his right ear The shunt works as a pump that
relieves the water pressure that accumulates con¬
stantly Due to this operation Duyst's use of his
arms and legs has stabilized at a shaky but usable
stage
Because ol this handicap. Duyst gravitates to
"I was a business major for a year but 1 had to
change because I was having problems passing my
classes." Duyst said "Then I went to sociology but
after a couple of years the classes got difficult
like t<
■ alls
walking." Duyst said. "I also watch TV if there'sa
good game on. I go to church on Sundays — it's
the Christian Reform Church — I've been going
there all my life."
,e I thought I'd do better and I've had that        When he ti
getting hard again so I don't know."
led paused reflectively and touched Ins temple
"I have a terrible memory."hesaid. "That's wh\
1 have trouble passing classes   My hands shake
■>( the o
campus from his dorm
ane foot placed in from
steadying the step. He
makes a rather lonely Tig;
walk briskly past him. If Duyst notices th
doesn't seem to bother h
be reached and whether
uply the end of his pathw;
graduation or
Text by Julie Penn
Photos by Michael Penn
Studying for his physiology clasa, Ted never broke his concentration as a library tour passed.