European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 26, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                June 1985 the stars and stripes Page 11 Ann Landers dear Ann Landers when school be gins next i will not be and i would like to Tell you i am a Good teach Ive had More than my share of Praise from Peers and Ive done my Best in a demanding proves but i can t Hack it its not Lack of its burnout from studies have proven that when there Are 21 students in a each additional Stu Dent decreases the efficiency of the teacher by at least 5 yet 27 students in a class is considered Ive had 35 students for the last five need i Tell you such numbers make classroom manage ment virtually impossible today we must teach not Only the but we must look for signs of sexual drug inform students about How to handle divorce among be on the Lookout for kids with suicidal tendencies and now Ann Landers tells us we should also teach we Are expected to be experts on How to Deal with hostile passive children who Are drunk and who we must also Deal with mothers who dump sick kids on us because they Are so involved with their careers that they will not stay at Home even when their children Are but mostly i am quitting because i cant Bear to see what we Are doing to the Genera Tion that is expected to Lead us into the 21st much has been said about the importance of education in this but we cant educate children who get no discipline at watch to half the eat a Candy bar for and fall Between the cracks while dad is Busy making Money and mom int had it in Dubuque dear dub thanks for a Fine Chicago used to have a superintendent of Public schools who had Many of the same concerns you guess what happened to her she Var dear Ann Landers our nextdoor neighbors have six our Only Contact Over the years has been chasing the kids and their dogs out of our complaining to their parents about minor vandalism and Mak ing occasional Calls to the police when the parents were out of town and the kids had parties that kept us up until 3 now the girls Are getting married one at a when the first invitation i told my wife to throw it she sent a and i got we did not attend the several months we were invited to a second wed again my wife sent a i raised last we received a third inv and i am these people Are not we have nothing to do with them except an occasional wave As our cars pass one i resent being on their sucker am i a or should we let these neighbors pick our pockets for the third time off in dear by if the relationship is As casual As you i cannot understand Why you would be invited to these weddings or Why your wife feels obligated to Send ignore this and ill bet they take you off their vietnamese official Dies Tokyo a Xuan vice chairman of Vietnam National Assembly and North Vietnam chief Diplomat at the Paris peace talks with the United has died of a heart failure in Viet Nam radio has he was a closer look at 2 rubber Check department minorities your detailed layout on bad checks in a recent Issue was and i Hope it reaches those who create the i fear it will because most of the hard Core rubber Check writers dont read past the sports or i Hope you can publish a Small column or letter to talk about two minorities in the rubber Check the first is the undereducated subnormal dependent or service member who cannot understand the difference Between checks and these people believe that writing a Check makes Money that never they dont really know that Money must first be put in the the second category is a much put upon category who have even had careers ruined because of Bank these Are not Well intentioned Fia unters of rules they Are dedicated profession i myself was called Home on emergency leave three years ago from i personally deposited Money with the banking facility during Normal Bank hours and received a upon reaching the United states i wrote several checks on that these checks later bounced because my Deposit didst Clear As it was drawn on a and the banking facility policy was to wait 1015 Days for the Deposit to while the policy is it was not listed with the Normal documentation supplied to the account nor even to the tellers because the Teller who took my Check As a Deposit said i could draw on it the next the error was an honest error by the but one not recognized by the com i have references to that episode made in my officer evaluation report Oer which would have ruined my career if 1 had not had it corrected before the Oer was there Are Many other similar episodes with other Bank lost sure pay late sure pay the Bank will often write letters accepting fault in these cases but by then a Shadow is placed on the service member which some times remains just As Long As if he had been not an official but a real one 1 Hope that you can recognize this minority in the future because minority or they still outnumber the other minority the diehard bad Check David Bedard Germany outdated food angers Reader commissary responds i would like to voice my anger to the veterinarians who inspect food for our commissary i have bought several outdated foods and every single piece of it i have had to throw just because one can or Jar of food is Doest mean the whole Case is Fine i have thrown away at least 50 Bucks of food since Ive been Here in my question who Are we going to sue when we get food poisoning from bad food my advice to the look at the Date on the if its put it i would rather waste outdated than to risk my family Gillian Germany editors note Jarrett european commis sary army troop support replies this command regrets the significant loss which this individual or any other individual has experienced with buying outdated we Are aware of problems with out dated merchandise in our veterinary food inspection personnel As Sist us in protecting the health of our customers and monitoring the Quality of merchandise sold in our the actual number of samples they in Spect is dependent upon the individual products known Quality More and More samples Are taken As the potential for risk the alternative of performing a 100 percent inspection on All food products is not practical and would be Cost prohibitive to our our customers need to be aware that a Bestif purchased by or use by Date in itself is no guarantee a food product is Safe to these types of open code dates Are meant to be indicators of freshness and not wholesomeness if a product or feels it should not be used even if the Date says it is Good for another if there is a question about the wholesomeness of an inmate or out Date our customers Are encouraged to return it for we too feel our customers should have a Choice when it comes to buying outdated food we Are currently implementing a program where outdated products which have been inspected and approved for continued Sale will be displayed in Thrifty buy sections within each these sections will be marked indicating an outdated product is on display and that it has been the approved extended shelf life will also be out dated products in Thrifty buy sections will be sold at reduced if we have inmate As Well As out Date we will have both items available so our customers can make the Choice for european edition wife asks about Job opportunities cmdr us acting editor in chief Blackwell production manager Proctor managing editor Mcdermott circulation manager As a dependent wife having lived for nearly a year in the Baum older comm the most frustrating experience encountered Here is the difficulty in seeking Ive submitted numerous Job applications through my local civilian personnel but i Haven been hired for a in usually told that i Lack experience even though i have four years Active duty prior military time was spent in the when i could have continued working As a civilian for civil service obtaining the required in Addi i am currently an army Reserve offi cer with pre modification orders in the Case of a most Job descriptions from co state that education May be substituted for exp i hold two bachelors degrees and one masters i am a certified school teacher and Only rarely have taught in the local school system As a there May be other situations of which i am in View of the information Ive what resource do you think i should follow As a solution for this problem mate Germany editors note a spokesman from the office of the Deputy of replies the like untold numbers of fam ily members in is experiencing a common As we have stated the number of family members seeking employment far exceeds the num Ber of available in this the following information applies to All applicants in education and experience require ments Are published in the office of personnel management pm x118 qualification which Are available for review in the civilian personnel for each Job the Standard describes Basic requirements for experience and education along with a Brief description of depending upon the Type of Job and location within there May be a written test for Many Posi education above the High school level will substitute for experience depend ing upon the nature of the Job each application must be evaluated against the Stan Dard to determine whether the applicant meets the general and specialized experience requirements or has the Type of Edu cation which can be substituted for exp present procedures Call for applicants to be considered and referred for vacancies on somewhat of a first Inwall the number of other applicants applying for a particular Job and the frequency of openings will usually influence the length of time it takes to obtain employment in a particular to assist Job seekers on a More person Al there Are 20 on Estop employ ment information centers operating in Usa eur with two More projected by july fortunately for the the Baum older military Community one Stop Center has been operational since april 1985 and can provide More specific employment we encourage applicants to visit the centers in communities that have them Aschaffenbur projected july Kai we 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