European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 2, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 16 columns the stars and stripes wednesday september 2,1967 teachers have to be students Brand Vroonen Progress is Tough on teachers. They think they be got their subject Down pal and then someone discovers a new Bairn of fads and the leathers have la re learn the subject if they re going id Leach it properly. Teachers have to be student. So much is being added a what everyone ought to know if they re going to be considered educated that it must be difficult for a teacher to keep up. The num Ber of fads that ought to be known by an educated person has multiplied by a thousand Over what it was50,20 or even 10 years ago. Even in he lower grades a teacher can t simply Leach the multiplication tables a Young person has to be prepared Tor the computer world i Don l know How schools or teachers Are trying to handle in and teachers Aren t the Only ones in trouble. Doctors lawyers and scientists must have a hard time staying Wilh it whether teachers Are conveying information about Art physics sociology chemistry or history so much new has been added that teachers have to be master editors and condensers. They can t skip All the knowl Edge thai was accumulated before the 20th Century but they can l ignore All the new stuff either. Since i went to school eight . Presidents two states three wan half a dozen major political scan dais Churchill Hitler Stalin Khrushchev Gorbachev space exploration aids atomic Energy 21 superbowl winners and tie names of 10,000 important statesmen artists performers musicians and writers have been in Decd to what Young people ought to learn about i they re going to function intelligently in our society. If teachers add a detailed study of world War ii to the history course they must Cut Down on the civil War in a new Book called cultural literacy . Hirschjr. Writes about Ibe importance for a country of widely shared information. When everyone understands alot of the same things without having to be Given a Long explanation every time they come up it saves time an promotes More effective nationwide communications Hirsch refers to it As the value of accumulating shared this is Why Public education in America is to important. We Are All Laught the same Basic things. We All learn the same language and become mutually familiar Wilh the same history the same literature and the same general culture. Some Black americans have complained that the Scholastic aptitude test for High school students try ing to gel Inlo College is biased against Blacks because the lest asks questions thai Are outside Black americans Don t want id have to learn English. There s nothing wrong with Black americans or Spanish speaking americans maintaining an Independent culture of there own but if they re to succeed in the world they re going to also have to be educated tothe mainstream american culture like everyone else i say All this even though i m Happy a Little dumb. E to ii my serve i plausible deniability for everyone Byar Buchwald one of the Good things to come out of the Iran cod Ira hearings was the phrase plausible Dent ability used by the while House minions. The object of Plau male deniability was 10 give president Reagan an out if anyone attempted to Trace dirty while House Linen tothe Oval office. The president did t know because i did t Tell him bragged vice adm. John Poindexter during the hearing thus giving Reagan Ibe deniability be so badly needed during the Worel period of his term it is also believed that other witnesses provided them selves with plausible deniability while cooking up various oven actions but each witness was judged Duero buy. The Public decided in the Case of Albert Hakim that his deniability was a work of treachery while in the Case of Oure North it was an act of patriotism. Although plausible deniability became fashionable Dur ing the Iran con Ira hearings in is really As old As american Apple pie and there in t a segment of our society thai does t use it. For example suppose you Are waiting on a Check from a company. This is the kind of plausible deniability in firm provides we re sorry but or. Wigwam who signs our checks is in the Hospital and won t be Back for three or we regret our computer is Down and we will not be Able to Deal with the problem until we hear from our Programmer in tradesmen All carry plausible deniability cards in their wallets which they take out and recite at will "1 did t Promise to deliver the slipcovers in August i told you i would have them ready Between August and written right Bens in my pocket or we were there yesterday but no one answered the even schoolchildren learn Early in life to provide them selves with deniability a did Tinow i was supposed to do Homework because nobody told or miss Mathen said 1 did t have to turn in my term paper until tuesday. I have the Date marked in my assignment Book so she must have gotten her instructions All plausible deniability is the most important kind of deniability there is. 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