Chaperoning is hardly the best use of a nurse's talents, even when lots of nurses are available.

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As the police officer approached my family, I quickly stood up and told him that these were deaf and dumb people that I was chaperoning.

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It won't stay that way for long, according to Matthew Roth, the foundation's global communications manager, who's kindly devoted much of his afternoon to chaperoning us around the two floors.

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The suggestion here is that by chaperoning a female in a platonic relationship, a male might advertise his parental skills to other females, who then might consider him a worthy partner.

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But a lot of activities, such as chaperoning school field trips, helping a sick child make a collage, reading to older people who have lost their eyesight or participating in an AIDS walk with friends, can be lots of fun.

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