European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 12, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday May 12, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 11 arts Landers Dor readers citral weeks ago i printed � letter from Anonymous in  about Ibe Din Gen of Rritt nity Haling. I we Horri tied to Intro thit in Ibe Lut Nix years More Blun 26 Young Meta Bare been killed to result at Prinki by fun c kids education critic deserves a big of readers say As i must of Ibal column i Hue received thou Undi of let Len from Inch Idius whose him he in she trn by Cost of College Tanas. A Mart thin Ner continent hut we need Zuj Butita in a Ery Titt in the Union to Culum its iwo Hirly ind mindless Riu a Here b one Wabun s salary. Her name b Ellen Stevens and she has decided to a something Riboul .1l dear Ann Landers my son Chuck St Nicl decided on feb. 24, 1978, to pledge klan Alpine it is Alfred University s oldest fraternity Chuck was taken by Surprise from his dorm put into the trunk of a car with two other pledges each was Given a pint at Bourbon a bottle of wine and a six pack of Beer. They were told they would not be released from tie trunk until they had consumed All of it it was february in upstate new York in freezing tempera Tures with Snow and ice on the ground. The boys in the truck had no jackets or coals forty minutes later Chuck and the others were carried to their rooms in the fraternity House. When it became apparent that the boys were unconscious they were rushed to the Hospital. One had gone into cardiac sir rest another was in in alcoholic coma and Chuck was dead. I buried my Beautiful Sophomore son three Days later with All his Hopes and dreams for a promising future. The other two boys survived and joined klan Alpine. Alfred University and the District attorney treated the tragedy As an isolated Acci  everyone was sorry but no one was held responsible. There is a rigid code of secrecy surround tag hazing practices. Members take oaths of silence. Peer pressure is to great that seriously injured pledges remain Loyal to their vows of secrecy. Meanwhile this life threatening practice persists with All its talk of brotherhood and tradition 1 have carried my message to hundreds of colleges across the country and testified at dozens of legislative hearings hoping to get Anil hazing Lawi passed. Nineteen Stales have now enacted Laws against Haz ing and seven additional states Are consid ering action. Meanwhile on Many campuses hazing is going full steam ahead in pile of alcohol poisoning paralysis brain damage Blind Ness and emotional breakdowns. Until College and University officials Stop turning a deaf ear until prosecutors enforce existing taws until fraternities eliminate hazing in every form and until students say no to the brutality and have the fortitude to report it to the authorities we Are going to continue to Bury Beautiful Young College students because of the sadistic rituals practice in the hunks for sharing your Story. Anyone inter filed to joining his courageous wont an s crusade should writ to "c.h.u.c.k., com Mart hailing useless College wll in . Box 188. Sayville n.y., 11781 pjs. Hon a. I Talou re swamped with null Force am writing id is letter in response to the person who Felt lie could demand an Edu cation. This May come As a Shock but a education is neither one of the inalienable rights listed in the declaration of Independence nor is it mentioned in the Dill of rights. If an education would make you Happy you have the right to pursue it. Pursue to keep to he direction or provisions of As a path plan or  the definition so Given by Funk and wag Nalls does t men Tion guarantees or demands an institution of higher learning has the obligation to provide qualified instructors to present the required information. The Stu Dent has the option if he Feris his instructors Are not qualified to withdraw from that school or class and apply to another one. The act of learning or incorporating thai information into his or her Bank of knowledge is the responsibility of the Stu Dent. It May be easier to put the blame on the teacher for Lack of Progress but it usually boils Down to one or More of i rec factors study habits not established or not prac tire knowledge background classes that Are Loo advanced for the student s level or an unrealistic View of one s own potential genetically inherited limitations. Every one was not born with Einstein s intellect which is Why there Are physicists an plumbers. Both Are useful but each requires a different level of education suggestions of tutoring or seeing a coun Selor Are both appropriate. A class at a Dif Ferent level May be needed and tutors can teach and reinforce Good study habits personally found informal study groups made up of several students from Hie same class at various aptitude Levels most helpful. No i m not a teacher but 1 recently completed my first degree so the experience. Instill fresh. No one can give you an education therefore you can t demand it As if it were Money or a comm Odily. As an american and a human being you have the Righi to pursue it no More no less Hii Beth b. Mccullough . Ambers Germany. I was amused by n recent letter in which a student commented i thought twas the teacher s Job la ensure that the students Learned the material thai was presented to  i do not know How Many Oiler teachers hold office hours bul 1 do and i know Iam not alone. I have held conferences with students in military libraries in snack bars in Craft shops in recreation centers on saturdays and even on sundays. Still it is the rare student who lakes advantage of the teacher s offered time. Itell them i want a conference. Only occasionally do they Tell me. Teachers can Only guide. There is no education which is not self education. Name withheld my Bernhausen Edge Luhn get Miny. The writer s attitude is representative of one that we Are increasingly encountering in adult education programs educators should tailor the teaching to the students level during the past dec Ade of teaching i have observed that More and More of our students an poorly pre pared for College level work. Some of them have very Low Reading and writing skills and Many cannot think or at least express themselves in a logical manner. This is partially because the elementary and secondary school systems in the United states have already lowered their standards so much that Many people no longer receive a decent education Dur ing their first 12 years of schooling. Were we to lower our standards to the level of these students As the writer suggests University education would become a farce. Apparently the writer has not yet Learned that it is nit responsibility to accept the Challenge and meet the High Stan Dards of his teachers. If doing so requires that he take remedial courses in English math and study skills before enrolling irregular College classes then i suggest he sign up for those remedial courses right away. Many students seem to think that the assigning of grades is an arbitrary act carried Oul without reference to the Stu dents work or Lack of it in the  asking or does the d stand for stupid Ity the writer makes the fallacious As sumption that grades earned in College Are highly correlated with intelligence. I have never met the writer but misstatement that i m not a Well educated or quiet person but i m very ambitious is very familiar to me. Students often Mantlo be Given credit Tor their ambition and Good Wilt rather than for their actual Aca Demic performance in a course. The truly ambitious student will find a Way to circumvent or solve the problems he or she is having in any particular course including hiring a Tutor if the regu Lar teacher is not available for private instruction outside of the class. I Ngrace hat it is unfortunate when a student asks for additional help and the teacher replies "1 Don t have  the other Side of this Story is that Many Stu dents who ask for extra help Ore the one who Seldom come to class and who then want the teacher to repeat All the material previously covered in the scheduled three hour class session. To conclusion i would like to Point out that the writer s letter incorrectly blames the teacher for the student s failure to learn. I would be the first to agree that the teachers Are sometimes at fault but in the majority of cases it is the student who fails to meet the teacher Halfway the student who does t Bolher to attend class or to do the assigned readings who never take notes in class who turns in Homework late if at Al who tries to cheat on examinations and who plagiarized research papers name Wilh held Munich one docs not have the right to received Good education nor demand  \ person Only has the right of Access to a Good education. Educators must have Quality standards which often cannot an should not be redirected to varying Levels. If one is  or otherwise unable to receive the benefits of education that is the problem of the individual not of the teacher. One must be actively involved  to the process of learning before one can become truly educated. John a. Anderson Pitburg Al Germany. The student should be prepared to take College courses or acquire the knowl Edge necessary to Cope with the level of instruction. College instructors simply Donot have sufficient Lime to Tutor Stu dents or Leach preparatory mini courses to prepare students for their courses. Also it should be pointed out that not everyone is intellectually suited for traditional College courses and might consider pursuing Oiher avenues of learning i would suggest to the writer and others seeking College level instruction to obtain the advice of a qualified education coun Selor prior to signing up for s course. This might prevent dropped classes lost Money and various other difficulties associated with taking courses one is not suited and or qualified for. William d. Mcquesten a Enslein a Germany. It is not As the writer implied a matter of being stupid his word it is simply a matter of varying degrees of Abil Ity to learn among All people. Most of us would probably have trouble learning nuclear physics but that does not mean that we arc stupid. Simply put not everyone is Righi for a College degree. Otherwise everyone who wanted a degree would have one and its value would be greatly diminished. Incidentally grades Are not based on Ambi Tion us he seems to imply bul rather on knowledge absorbed. Name withheld Heidelberg. When i began College in 1973, you either hid the Grade Poi til average from High school and passing scores on the Scholastic aptitude test or you were not admitted. And this was at a Small four year Community College. When 1 graduated in 1976, the mathematics and English departments offered More preparatory courses Titian any others. It irked me that professors who could have been teaching upper level courses were instead trying to get scores of students to successfully write an essay in Semi literate English and to perform mathematics on a loth Grade level. To suggest that the teacher tailor College course Down to a student s level is a disservice to those who have no difficulty in dealing with the level of instruction. Retd Sisk Wildle Ekit Germany 1 am a College graduate now enrolled in a University of Maryland class. Believe me if the difficulty of classes is lowered any further we will be sitting in ninth Grade level classes instead of the 12th Grade level classes we now have -.,. No i Don t believe everyone has a right to higher education. I do believe everyone should be Given equal Opportunity to such an education regardless of race Creed Etc mire n Tutor and study hard. 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