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Monday, December 6, 2010

VIDEO: Ozzie Guillen to Students, ‘School is Your Job’

The White Sox manager spoke at High Point Elementary on Friday about not taking shortcuts, how he really feels about Jim Thome and the benefit of keeping TVs out of the bedroom.

Ozzie Guillen says he remembers when Midway Airport had one runway. The White Sox manager also recalls growing up in Venezuela with only one TV in the entire town. Once a week, the boys in his hometown of Ocumare del Tuy would watch wrestling on Saturdays. While Guillen's success in baseball now allows for several TVs in his home, he has decided to keep TVs and computers out of his children's bedrooms. "You have distance from family then," Guillen said, referring to when family members isolate themselves by watching TV and or using a computer. "You sit there in the room for hours and hours and hours. You don't enjoy going out, don't enjoy being with your parents. Always busy." Guillen's glib and direct use of words gets attention — almost …

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