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the J-TAC/Thursday, October 4, 1990/Page 3
Teachers of the future
KS8SS
must learn
Absolutely no talking.... repeat
after me... two checks means after
school detention... no gum...don't
lean back in your chairs... and don't
look up from your books until the
bell rings!
Here's to those horrid high
school and junior high days when a
kid is hot allowed to be a kid, only a
robot whose only program is to learn.
Learn exactly what, when, and
how someone tells you to.
It is said that in college you
learn who you are and form a self-
identity. Basically, college is the
first time we arc allowed to form an
identity.
From the first day of kindergar-
ten we are taught that to be different
is bad, because if you are different
you will "disrupt class."
Dress codes are perhaps the
greatest benefactor in conforming
personalities. My small town high
school dress code consisted of some
of the following:
1. Girls must never wear skirts
above the knee.
2.' Shirts displaying alcohol were
forbidden (Spudz McKenzie was
out/. .
3. Midriffs and cleavage were
sins.
4. Guys were not allowed to
wear earings.
5. No hats.
6. Guys couldn't have any facial
hair. (If a 16-year-old is able to grow
more than peach fuzz.. I say let him)
7. All shirts must be tucked in
unless it was boxed at the bottom,
8. Guys couldn't have long hair.
9. And last but not least, no
sweat pants were allowed because it
revealed too much of the male anat-
omy.
A big problem these days is that
kids have no desire to leam. A good
way to start is to give kids more
freedom in their thoughts and opin-
ions. Unfortunately, teachers are
sometimes the most biased, opinion-
ated people in existance.
A student must take everything
the teacher says as fact and a kid is
wrong if they believe any differ-
ently.
Sometimes I don't even under-
stand how the idiot at the front of the
class room got the job (Of course, at
my high school they began about a
hundred years ago. You know the
ones who taught your parents).
My sophomore English teacher
especially comes to mind. She was
one of those ancient ones. The girls
always made at least one letter grade
over the boys. A a person never
had any idea what she was trying to
teach.
A perfect example of not being
allowed to be different was my torn
paper. Althoi ;h it was almost per-
fect, I made a C, because it was over
teach
Reincarnation. The old hag couldn't
hang with it.
Needless to say she was never
fired although parents and students
complained to the principle, coun-
selor, and school board all of the four
years I was there.
In junior high, I literal^ had a
teacher who was clinically crazy. It
seems she had run over a cow one
time and it upset ha- pretty bad. All
you would have to do is Moo like a
cow and she would freak out One
time a guy snuck up behind her and
Moooooed and she turned around
and decked him.
I have also had some wonderful
teachers in my life and they made
learning fun. Back when we had to
memorize the preamble to the
constitution, my history teacher gave
us extra points if we mimicked some-
body while we were reciting it Of
course the hard part was trying to
figure out who everyone was sup-
posed to be. But it made the learning
part easy.
Then there are the teachers who
make you learn and you don't even
know it.
My senior English teacher was
the greatest. She didn't gripe at all,
and never gave us homework. She
made a student want to do well in her
class.
To this day I still don't know
what it was that made her students
work so hard. If there were only
more teachers like Mrs. Brown.
Americans are worried about
their school system and the fact that
kids don't care anymore. Perhaps
the, system needs to make the teach-
ers care more about what they are
doing.
The problem could be the teach-
ers and the system accepting that
kids are individuals.
Julie Grider is Features Edi-
tor of the J-TAC.
Wallet found
Dear Editor,
I am writing in concern of my
wallet that I lost on Saturday, Sep-
tember 29. A person can imagine
how it feels to loose all your money,
credit cards, pictures, and other valu-
ables.
To my great surprise, I was called
by the TSU Control Center that
informed me that my wallet had been
found and turned in to them. The
TSU Toro Team had found and re-
turned my wallet in just a couple of
hours. I picked up my wallet and
checked the contents for another great
surprise. Every tiling in my wallet
was still there including my pay-
check.
The main reason I wanted to
write was to express how great I feel.
We have some truly decent and car-
ing people working for our great
university. They are a great bunch
who have the true honesty to return
Ir The Editor "
Letters To
The Editor
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lost items on campus. A great heart Saudi Arabia!?
felt thanks to the TSU Toro Team.
They are really champs ifi my bode.
Doing a great job, team.
Thank you,
Clark Sagebiel
Cage liner?
Dear Editor,
Please forgive my sobbing,
Bring back "Agent X"! (Joke. Joke.)
Cereal??!? Could we have
something a bit more intelligent
rather than someone's eating habits
on a Saturday morning?
I guess the editors and staff of
the J-TAC haven't heard there is a
conflict going cm around the world in
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Top 10 Reasons to Read it*. J-TAC
10. Two words: Liquor Ads
9. No troublesome big words
8. Watch for new centerfold section
7. It would really mean a lot to Glory if you would at least read the ads
6. Happy-Go-Lucky newstyle
5. Saddam Hussein anagrams
4. Look for your name (You know you do.)
3. Inquiring minds want to know
2. If it's good enough for your bird. . .
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Texans biggest trouble
may be behind them
Mike Marbach
Sports Editor
Yeah sure, lets whine
about the parking situation... There's
some credit due; about 15% of the J-
TAC's articles are informative - the
other 85% is or could be used as bird
cage you-know-what. There is noth-1
ing wrong with a Pro-TSU paper...'
BUT what about implementing some
real journalistic professionalism with
real life topics and situations.
Lets see...there's crime, educa-
tion, "Operation Desert Shield" (got
to inform those students who would
rather watch MTV or CMT as op-
posed to the six o'clock news), there's
the price of gas, the up and coming
Governor's race (a lauglj) and plenty
more!! \
What do you say? Information
rather than deprivation. Upgrade the
standards for the J-TAC. ,4;
Oscar Salinas \
With ten seconds left in the ball
game and Tarleton down by four, the
Texans' only chance for glory and
the win was stuck in the hands of the
Texan offense.
Quarterback Eric Lugo dropped
back to pass and lofted his prayers
toward the comer of the endzone
with Walter Favors on the receiving
end.
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' Texans wfii," the Texans "win; * ~
Favors came down with his
second big catch of the series to give
the Texans their come-firom-behind
win.
To make all this happen the
Texan defense played a fantastic
game by only allowing Austin Col-
lege 17 points and holding them to
only a field goal with just under two
minutes to play.
When the going got tough in the
final two minutes, the defense made
a crucial stand deep in their own part
of the field.
By only giving up the field goal,
they put the ball back in the hands of
the offense along with the chance to
win the game.
Texan Randy Reed stood out for
the defense with seven tackles and
one sack.
Another big Texan who stood
out in the clutch goes by the name of
RuSh Shirley. ' '
Shirley hauled in a Ltigo pass on
a big fourth and ten to keep the drive
alive with just a 1:14 left in the
game.
The 6'3" Senior not only hauled
in one, not two, but three passes in
the final seconds to give the purple
the chance for glory.
Offensively the , Texans
stumbled all through the night, yet
still were able to muster up enough
points for the win.
Shawn Minor was true on two
field goal attempts, and Simpson
and Doss led the Texans with strong
running throughtout the game.
With these thoughts in the back
of ydur mind and strong in mine, I'm
sure you will agree the Texan of-
fense and defense both played spec-
tacularly in the clutch.
This is not the first time this
season, however, it just may prove
to be the best time as this could be the
Texan's biggest conference game of
the season. " *
Without a doubt the road to 10
and zero is rocky, but the Texans
may have just hurdled the biggest
boulder in their path.
Mike Marbach is Sports Edi-
tor for The J-TAC.
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CRIME OF THE WEEK
FOR WEEK OF
10/08/90 -10/13/90
BOOK THIEF!
Students have reported that their books have disappeared from the TSU dining
hall. One case in particular was reported by Jewntfer Rae Bird. Jennifer went Into
the dining hall on Saturday. Sept. 22 at noon. She left her books in her back in
the foyer of the dining hall. She returned after eating to find her pack empty of
books. Jennifer's stolen books are described as follows: WRITING, A COLLEGE
HANDBOOK: CURRENT ISSUES AND ENDURING QUESTIONS; AGRICULTURAL
ECONOMICS AND AGRIBUSINESS.
Jennifer would appreciate any infonnaton on the dining hall bandit or the location
of her books.
If you have information that could help solve the above crime,
Crime Stoppers wants to reward you for your help.
REWARD REQUIREMENTS
FEI.ONY CASES - The offender must be arrested and Grand Jury Indictment issued for same.
MISDEMEANOR CASES - The offender must be arrested and complaint and information filed by the
County Attorney or referral to the Dean of Students at Tarleton State University for administrative
discipline.
I CRIME STOPPERS will pay you up to $1,000 on felony crimes and up to
$100 on misdemeanor crimes.
PAT J, 965-CASH
PERSONS INELIGIBLE FOR REWARD
Peace Officers or members of their immediate family.
Members of the Crime Stoppers Board or members of their immediate family.
Any party to the crime being reported or a member of their immediate family.
INVESTIGATOR, RANDALL DOLLOFF
T. S. U, CRIME STOPPERS COORDINATOR
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