Illustrated Paperboy (Cleveland, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 31, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 4, 1998 Page: 2 of 12
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Page 2. ILLUSTRATED I VPLRBOY Wednesday. November 4. 1998
9^^Around Town...Cleveland
two. but let the student do a
little digging and research.
I hat's the whole basis of an
education. As for quality fam-
ily time, working with your
kid. whether with school work,
household chores, or yard work
can create some family ties...if
you let it.
The writer concludes
Hardly a day goes by
that we don't read something in
the paper or hear someone com-
plaining about the schools...not
only in Cleveland...but schools
in general and how the kids
aren't learning anything.
There was a letter in
'Viewpoints' in the Houston
Chronicle back on September
18 that I think pretty well ex-
plains what the problem is in
jour educational system.- As I
interpret the letter, it's not the
j system but rather some parents'
land student's attitudes.
The writer was com-
plaining that his son, a 10-year-
old fourth grader was having
goo much homework to do. The
ayl iter explained that the home-
work "is cause (of) unneces-
sary familial dissension, turn
parents into homework ogres,
rob us of wfiat little quality
family time we have left and
•impart to the kid that diligently
completing meaningless tasks
Avi 11 get you ahead in the world."
He goes on to write that
'his son had "forgotten to bring
■in the homework that his mom,
he and I had worked on for
several hours over Labor Day
weekend."
That brings me to a
j point...homework is meant for
i -tiip
the student to do. not the par-
ents. Sure, there are times that a
parent might have to lend a
helping hand on a problem or
that. "My son's after-school
activities include soccer, gym-
nastics and Scouting. I believe
all of these are more beneficial
to his development that the
meaningless 'busywork' as-
signed by his teacher."
BINGO! There’s the
root of the whole problem. T oo
much time is spent now days
with sports and other activities
that have nothing to do with
real education or what I would
call book-learning.
Granted, sports and
Scouting are fine. I was a Boy
Scout. I liked the outdoor sports
such as fishing and hunting. I
got my boys involved in out-
door sports but still, the things
they needed to learn for their
future livelihood was found in
school and in books.
The problem confront-
ing this parent is that the home-
work was material copied on a
copying machine. Boy, I wish
my teachers had had a copying
machine. How- many of you
reading this remember the old
blue mimeograph copies where
the teacher had to use a stencil
to make copies? Remember
that many times, the copy put
on your desk was difficult to
read.
There are times that a
teacher needs to give the stu-
dents some homework. With
as much as there is to learn
today, there just isn't enough
on the Grow
class time to give good cover-
age to the subject. Remember,
our educational system is still
trying to give the kids a good
education in a period of 12
years plus kindergarten. Yet.
just think about how much has
happened over the past 40 years
and how much of this the kids
need to learn. I contend that
our schools should be teaching
15 years now.
I remember homework
well. I thought at time that our
teachers had it in for us stu-
dents and that homework was
some form of punishment. I
always wondered too, did the
teacher actually read that ma-
terial before putting a grade on
it?
Then I married a teach-
er and found out that, yes, they
do read the material.
As for the parent grip-
ing about homework that his
fourth grade student is having,
he should remember this...if
and when that student goes off
to college or to trade school or
wherever for preparation for
future employment, there will
be a lot of homework and 'be-
fore exam' cramming. And
mom and dad will not be there
to help the student study. Nei-
ther will they be there when
the student goes out into the
world on a job or profession
and has to make decisions. It
will be up to him.
Now is the time for that
student to learn one of the most
basic tools in education and
that is how to study on his own
and learn what portion of the
text is important to his educa-
tion. Without the basic tool of
how to learn and comprehend,
all the books in the world are
useless.
(September 26,1998, the Tarfyngton 7th grade Lady Shorthorn Volleyball team traveled
to Hardin to compete in their tournament and came home with a first place trophy; defeating East
C hambers in 2 games, St. Anne's Academy in 3 games and Hardin in 2 games. We congratulate all
the girls for their hard work!
Pictured back row L-R: Coach Clayton, Niki Jackson, Heather Collier. Manager-Deidra
Wells. Courtney Mizell, Melissa Montgomery, Kendra Ellisor, Alexa Zimmerman, and Coach
Brown front row L-R, Tara Stoneberger, Kirsten Campbell, Misti Mitchell. April Evans, Candi
Leonard, and Amanda Johnston. Not pictured is Lauren Cox.
CAR W ASH HELD - Members of Pakfs Karate Class held a car wash Saturday,
October 10 at Brookshire Brothers Parking Lot. Here they take time out from the car
wash to pose for the Paperboy photographer. Photo by Glen Dodson
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Illustrated Paperboy (Cleveland, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 31, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 4, 1998, newspaper, November 4, 1998; Cleveland, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth757523/m1/2/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Austin Memorial Library.