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Page 8A — The Allen American — Wednesday, August 25, 1993
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Tchard Allington showed that set- ties), audial (hearing is primary) and spans even shorter. According to the child needs is quality time with top of the list The item made I 1 • 1
ting a good example is the parents’ visual (reliance on sight.) Trelease, the average family "zaps" the parent. Materialism is evident McCormick's list too “The stu Inclusive classrooms
hex involvement. Even moreimpor- As to learning impediments local once every 3%2 minutes. Higher- when parents allow teens to work dents’ own behaviors get in the way The local father also cited group"
rantenan reading to the children is parents cite overcrowding of clas- income families zap three times during the school year so they can of learning, ” she said. McCormick ing of all children together—regard-
he The parents to be seen reading, srooms above the fourth-grade more often than poorer families, the have cars, designer clothes and noted a student’s lack of self- less of proficiency in English, hand-
Rut ay sho ved* level, spending too much instruction research shows. . stereo systems. Working a job cuts discipline also can be an impediment, icap or ability level — as being a
cut finding the time to read be- time preparing for state-mandated For the young chi d, writes down on study time Hamner Bond Elementary School Principal detriment to learning “It’« attemn
comes problematic as the number of tests, insufficient classroom disci- Trelease, television is an antisocial pointed out. Rick Clements agreed on that point, ting to do to do muICK. It’s virtually
single-parent homes and dual-career pline, and creation of learning groups experience as there is usually no Matthew Cain, a senior at Allen Some students don’t learn from their impossible ” he said
it’Xd Enough to ^ qu^ty menut - RALL: pronctenoy p"0n wmn omens dumg the Miw las cdlkirneed mccuns REL responsibility th laid1 mek self- Alimn eno it aasezveg on the
minutes each day to spend with an Students must take a share of the Trelease points out that televi- too tired to do homework and are P Y’ dents in AISD do succeed Forthat
inquisitive child. . responsibility for why so many of sion’s messages are based almost tired in class, too. she credits a high level of parental
to Still, reading to young children is their peers are struggling at school, entirely on moving pictures and the In all, the informal survey turned Apathy involvement and a low rate of rime
sol highy, researchers say: Sometimes, it s not cool to be emotional response to them. In the up 20 reasons to account for the poor But to Clements, a major reason and violence in the community,
at area lively listening to the child smart, said Carolyn Warterfield, a classroom, the emphasis is on the or indifferent performance of nor- for student struggles is an apathy But still, there are impediments to
at least three to five minutes per piano principal. Said 1992 Allen High printed word and a critical rather mally intelligent kids, toward education on the part of learning in Allen “We got behind
day talking to the youngster (pa- School graduate Jenny Hamner: In than emotional response to the Garnering three votes each were some parents, with technology » she said so stu-
rents are the child's first speaking school, you imitate the behavior of word. . emotional stress about family prob- “They don’t take education as dents aren't learning the latest tech-
nod as), and spending quality time your friends good or bad. In a 1988 research article, Johan- lems and school overcrowding, seriously as they need to," he said, nology available. Hamner also called
W Teen-agers noted many of their nes W.J. Beentjes and Tom H.A. “It’s a partnership. The parents the decreased availability of voca-
creducaters further urge parents to classmates have their priorities Van Der Voort noted that heavy Family problems need to have high expectations, be tional training a detriment,
create a library area where books askew, placing social life and mate- television viewers, socially advan- 01 PRICES involved with the schools and be Jenny Hamner the council-
magazines, comics, newspapers and nal things like cars and clothes at the taged children and bright children Emotional stress was at the top of supportive of their child." woman’s daughter who graduated
other reading materia Is are readily top of the values list. Some stu- tend to be more vulnerable to televi- the list for Carol McCormick, a Olson noted low-income families from Allen High School in 1992 and
available: 1 hey should provide dents, they said, are overcommitted sion’s negative effects on reading counselor at Vaughan Elementary have a harder time being supportive currently majoring in psychology at
young children with paper and pencil to extracurricular activities and have skillsSchool. “When the basic need for of their children. “The child from a Texas A&M, was in touch with stu-
since curiosity about written an- no time or energy left for studies. Although mvolvement of parents security is not met, it’s hard to con- low-income family often has not dent thought
guage usually begins with scribbling Many young people are undisci- m their children’s education is the centrate on anything else.” been exposed to minimal experi- “You imitate the behavior of your
ang drawing plined or inconsistent in their study major thrust right now in education Ted Moore assistant principal at ences,” he said. “There’s a lack of friends - good or bad,” she said.
teachers and school systems also habits, and too much of their time is circles, a partnership that also in- Allen High School, echoed McCor- books and magazines in the home;
have a share of responsibility when it consumed by television and video volves the community is what’s mick. There’s an inability to concen- there are few enriching experiences A vounger peer Allan Hich
comes to the reasons some children games, educators said, needed for ultimate success, said trate when stability and structure like trips to restaurants, zoos and School senior Scott Merer nag
have difficulty at school.According to Jim Trelease in “The PISD researcher Kimery. are lacking in the home, he said. museums.” out overcrowdedness for eraidingled
With a greater diversity of stu- New Read-Aloud Handbook,” tele- In these times of high mobility - He also noted the high mobility Olson noted children learn by reasonCrowdedEwavs make ft
dents and a corresponding increase vision requires and fosters a short which also hinders learning - the rate of Allen families. “The kids building on the concepts and voca- difficult forstudents to get toeast
in the number of preferred learning attention span. It shows almost con- community can fulfill the support don t become members of their com- bulary gained from past experi- on time and then their8 late cte
styles, teachers need to be flexible stant action in order to hold viewers role once taken by extended family, munities, peer relationships are ences. intrant others he net
and creative in how they get lessons until the next commercial, and it educators say. made and broken, and the extended Poverty was listed as a reason for Alien senior Michael Cain consi-
family of neighbors and church is not low achievement by Sally Dolan, the dered the class discipline issue
-----------were 1,496 in McKinney, 7,241 in Carroll said the statistics illustrate Other educators have pointed out struggling hard to make ends meet ceived inconsistencies in discipline.
From 1A Plano,1.038 in Rowlett and 2,572 in that Allen is in “real good condition.” the adjustment problems accom- schools, she said. they can idler asihgyexscremefehlthir ”
Crime
and motor vehicle theft Greenville. He said most crime reported in Allen panying each move. And if the move Dolan also mentioned overcrowd- Cain said Y yting,
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1 were 264 aggravated assaults in port for Calendar Year 1992, published a so underscored the distractions of To the , you 100
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