European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 31, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Sas photo by tvs Schuettler Erin doctor tight open t ram Embet too Muffi about the Flatt Day of school to a t into tit the thing we wort doing that Day aha tar. Chat Natai Chrit pry and autumn Thatcher below concentrate on fount. Chrit wean do Tor the wet awarded for improving her Witting. A geography question put Erin Decker in a quandary. Asked to Point East she pointed West. My she said in t working True to her first Day of school word Parsons had added items to the Walls tables and desks to help ease the Sling of incorrect answers. A smiling Bear map of Australia january Calendar and a photo of penguins joined the permanent collection of hanging letters numbers inflated plastic fish and Holiday symbols terming a Kaleidoscope o visuals. But ii the scenery has changed Parsons teaching technique has stayed the positive course. I like the Way Mai is thinking today she said. I Tike the Way Chuck is thinking. I know Andrea will be up Here with her paper Holly is not quite finished. But she might Ablo to finish if you All work very Parsons bases her teaching philosophy on experience including five years at Ramstein elementary Dodds s largest. A lot of what i do i do because i be Learned it works Parsons said. I wan to be a humanistic teacher a child oriented teacher. And he Only Way you can determine that is from the feedback from the smiles nods and shrugs provide most of that feedback but some of Tho youngsters went to the head of the class with verbal reports when we were learning subtracting mrs. Parsons would take some Gummy bears away and we d get to eat the Gummy bears. I love Gummy bears said Erin Decker rubbing her hands. Sean Baxter 7, had a simpler criterion in rating Parsons teaching ability. "1 know she s a Good teacher Bee also she s my six year old Katie Mogge said she liked mrs. Parsons because she makes funny faces when she does t like Katie said she liked her reeding group but the books at Home Are harder than these. I like them too. They re kids books y words on the blackboard served As a writing assignment for the children and a reminder Lor Parsons Snow is tailing bitter cold outside a tingling feeling runs Down my spine Winter time is Here again this can be a hard Lime in Tho school year Parsons said. You ask about burnout you know it s happening when student performance is Down you know it s happening when they antagonize one another. I know what children respond to you always learn something from them. Ii lakes a lot of patience a lot of understanding. I have to slay on task Mysell. Keep moving the wide spectrum in abilities among her Lellow occupants of room 206 might make that difficult some of these kids pick up things really Parsons said. Some Don t and when they Don t you be got to bring yourself to shift gears " but of fial end some of my former students Are third graders Here now Parsons said. I get to see them. I got a Leller the other Day from a Lormer student of mme i had two years but Parsons usually does t have to wait to discover he effect of her profession. I want to teach them there Are so Many things they can do she said you can see it you see it in that feeling they have of look what i be done. I be got to show it to mrs. Parsons you see it when that Light goes in in their eyes that says i can really do this " Parsons will be looking Lor those lights to Shine inside room 206 until june 18. Erma Bombeck we All know that crime does t even pay minimum wage these Days. Law enforcement has become so sophisticated the rats Don t stand a Chance. We have revolving cameras in Public buildings to record our every move neighbors watching one another s houses and alarm systems on cars that Clear sinuses within a three mile radius. But still creative Crooks try. They re doers who Buck the system and think this Lime they can get away with it in los Angeles women seethed As they watched cars and buses Whiz by in the Diamond Lane reserved Lor vehicles with three or More passengers. They came up with a plan. They stuffed a Coal with towels put a hat on it strapped the Dummy in the Back seat and began travelling in the last Lane. Until they got caught. The men have not Given up they vow to try again. According to the Allicer ill be Oul there in port Angeles wash., a husband and Wile lusted after the first prize in a fishing Derby a 17-foot boat. They came up with a plan. They got a 43 and a 36-Pound Salmon from their Freezer hooked then on their lines and dropped them in the Waler on the Day of the Competition winning first and second piece respectively. Authorities became suspicious that Tho fish were Frozen and the couple is under investigation. In Cleveland Heights Ohio there was a Man who loved to read books. He had a plan. He carried out 4.000 of them in a 20-year period. A never returned them. Recently As he left the Library with two books two magazines and two pamphlets wrapped in newspaper he was stopped by peace they searched his Home and uncovered nearly $50,000 in books that belonged to he Library his crime the Way he saw it i never got a Library and How Many of us Are frustrated when a phone Call takes forever to be put through and do nothing a Man in new Delhi. India had a plan. Alter repeated attempts and delays to place a Call to Bombay he entered the phone Exchange at Midnight and threatened opera tvs with a pistol if they did not put through the urgent Call for him. He Elso ordered his bodyguard to Beal up an operator because his Call was delayed. When the press tried1 o Call him for comment they were unable to get through to the numbers listed in his name. My favorite is the Crook who was ripping off a Little old lady. He tied her up and had All of her Lurn Ilure stacked near the door to Carl off. Me noticed some pills by her bedside and with his mentality figured they were Speed. He gulped them Down. They were Tranquili Zers he fell asleep before he could leave and was arrested by police. All Crooks have plans. Bui they forget one thing they re stupid. C Lai saturday january 31,1987 the stars and stripes Page 17
