Finger Testing and Self-Balancing

Ever since taking Touch for Health I in 1981, I have been intrigued with the idea of being able to balance myself. However, as the years rolled by, I neglected this in favor of testing others for food. As a substitute teacher, I was usually armed with two bags, one of jelly beans and the other of sunflower seeds, to demonstrate the negative effects of junk food to my students (Presidential preferences notwithstanding!). The arm being tested would prove weak when the jelly beans were placed in the student’s mouth, and strong for the sunflower seeds, so I made quite a few converts! I even wrote a children’s musical called “Tooth Rock” that promoted foods that are good for the teeth. Although it was produced by two Monterey County middle schools, it could never make the big time as it exposes most of the usual commercial sponsors!