European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 7, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Education military retirees take command of classrooms Norfolk a. Ltd a Chip hut Ion has retired from a 27-Ycar Navy career that included the command or iwo ships hut he v Mill giving pull it of Furdero. For example a a you can t do in Lhing now Hui sit in our Seal Quot a a i Wain Ever thing off the to  a Quot i Iston in me if Vii re nol , Usu re not going to Ltd we a the orders Are directed at fourth and Faifili graders at Norf in s Larch Mon  Ems diary. Hutton. My. Became their teacher this year fur  old Dominion University program that offers a master s degree and teaching cedi fixation to retiring military personnel. A i believe that 1 can help these kids a the former Navy commander said of his 16 students All of whom have failed a Grade and have difficulty learning. Between commanding a destroyer and a Salvage ship. Hut Ion spent Stu h of his career teaching Roth. Courses. Fed up with administrative work he those his new career because ii lets him work who a min ill number of Rudenk All Day Long Hutton is Une of the first graduates id the mid in minion pm Gram which has attracted h�2 military Perminis a nearing Reli Reuveni. To but i in arc men. Robert h Macdonald professor of Edu National cuff Chiin and instruction at hid Dominion has no trouble recruiting students or finding schools for then. A the school divisions Are calling and asking for Icse Guys a Macdonald said. Their military backgrounds make them Good at planning counselling and negotiating. And a fall those arc teacher skills. They also bring to education just extensive life  similar programs Are offered in Flor Ida. California and North Carolina which have Large military populations hut it Gold Dominion s is the largest. Mae Dunald said. Many of the retired oleic cars Are interested m teaching math or science. Both areas where teacher shortages have developed. Macdonald has irume that the retired Oit cirs Are no More authoritarian than anyone else. 1 hey me unfamiliar Xinh Yung children however so the program  them into the schools to talk with students and teachers before they decide whether teaching is right for i lied a half do a have done their student leaching Al Indian River Junior High school i Chsu Peake. Quot they re  said the schools assistant principal Kathy Delancy. Quot they come in with a lot or experiences that we can use. They re used to dealing with the Public they be got lots of managerial skills one Indian River Mother wanted in know if her san could have a retired military Ouk i Ras his Leah or again this year because her son s teacher Iasi year was the Only one who Ever made him work. >ul., said a use military retirees also pros we Pood role models for Leen age boys she adding. A for so mans of out kids the hither Ligure is Haseni a Llu Linn went into Lus new Jub with realistic Espic Laluma so he s had Lew surprises. He has Learned that teaching rambunctious children re Jutres dih Erent skills than those needed in ordering sailors while aboard ship. A it lakes an awful we of patients a. He said Quot and you have to grab every Success that you have and remember it in cause the successes Are few and Long in  math Survey finds women show up Well Amherst. Masv Ltd a the nations lop women math students arc lauded in a report for earning a record 24 percent of the mail doctorates awarded to americans at . Schools during the 198889 academic year. But the report compiled by the american mathematical society and the mathematical association of America cautions that it is Ion Early to Tel if the percentage or women among american math doctoral candidates will continue to grow. Although recognized As a boost for gender rights advocates the report stresses that the increase in the number or women earning doctorates far from offsets a 10-year decline in the percentage of . Citizens who arc awarded male doctor alas at . Schools. The report says that during the last academic year a front july i 1988. To june 30. 1989 a Only 46 percent 411 out of 884 of the math doctorates awarded at . Schools went to american men and women. The 198889 figures represent a decline from the 1979-80 academic year when 73 percent 578 out of 79 of the doctorates in math awarded at . Schools were earned by americans. Classroom close up the in of Pickle pals Miguel Briwn my unit sick Bakerjr. Relish their lunch hour As the Ham it up it Giessen elementary school in West Germany the 7-Ycar-ulds Are students in Nancy Kovar s second Grade class. Students at 16 Dodds schools to join citizen Bee Competition by Dave Walczak education writer Dodds schools Are stepping up their participation in an academic Competition that rewards lop finishers with scholarships Worth thousands of dollars. Students from 16 schools in the Germany Region and three in the Atlantic Region will participate in the first round of the citizen Bee Competition. Bill Laclair. The principal of Kaiserslautern High school also has agreed to set up the Competition s first round april 28. He said he is still looking for a site. The Competition is sponsored by the Washington based c lose up foundation. It requires students to answer questions about history geography economics government and the arts. Schools can Send up to three students to the april 2h event. Competition organizers will pay for the Winner and a sponsor to attend the National Competition in Washington. D.c., planned for june last year s National Winner Joseph Hensler of St. Louis earned a i7.u00 scholarship. Dale Kummer. An administrator with the foundation. Met with overseas schools officials in october to encourage More overseas schools to participate. Seven overseas schools participated in last year s Competition. Which attracted More than 52,000 students from 3,500 schools in the United states. Kummer had hoped that ill least two District competitions would be held in Germany in april but said he was satisfied with the increasing interest shown by officials. High schools in West Germany that have signed up for the Competition include Liam Holder Pitburg. Bonn Frankfurt. Fulda Hahn Hanttu Heidelberg. Kaiserslautern Mannheim numbers. Ost Chuu. Rams let.  and Gen . Arnold in Wiesbaden Ramstein Junior High school has also agreed to compete. The Atlantic regions contingent consists off Roug ton Shafe and Sov Sterberg High schools. The close up foundation was founded in 137 1 the non profit non partisan group seeks to promote knowledge about government and participation in it. Its Board or advisers includes More than 70 . Senators and 150 members of the House. To help students prepare for the european wide spelling Bee the stars and stripes oilers this weekly column on words their spelling meanings and origins. These words Are typical of those used in bees but May not necessarily be used in Competition. Spelling source is websters third new International dictionary a the official dictionary of the bees. The column is prepared by Lawrence technological University. Kitsch noun it a the use of the word a a Kilrea Quot Rev. In popularity during the 1970s. A  is Art Suc or literary material assumed to be of Low Quality and often produced to Appeal to popular Lasie. Often the items have a certain . A sensationalism and Sli Cloncs. The word is German formed from the a Vord a a Kiiken Quot meaning a to slap a work of an  and from the German dialect word meaning �?o10 scrape up mud from the Street. Certain Idle Ceramic animals or Elvis figurines sold in Dimel orcs Are