European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 3, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page education the stars and stripes monday december 3,1990 by Amy . Bureau Birmingham England a thanks to the skill of teammate Jessica Tuttle 10-year-old Matt Wilburn did t end up with a lot of goop oozing Over his head. The two boys from opposing teams weren t As Lucky. They got doused with Green and Pink a a Gunge a a gooey concoction of Industrial food thickener water and food colouring. Matt was saved from a Slimy Shower by Jessica a ability to land five balls in a bucket before her two female opponents Janet and Rachel. The Messy incident was filmed in november on a Neon coloured set in bbl los Pebble Mill studio. It will air in the United kingdom in a few months on the television channels a going live a a saturday morning Chil Drens program. Jessica 12, and Matt who attend Little Tissington elementary school in the department of defense dependents schools Atlantic Region were the first american schoolchildren to appear on Quot clockwise a bbl 1 children a quiz show that s a segment of Quot going live. Quot clockwise a which will enter its fourth season in Jan uary pits three teams of a boy and girl. The game starts with a round of general knowledge questions proceeds to another dealing with numbers and then presents the competitors with a physical Challenge. One person from each team is Given task in this Case Landing five balls m a bucket. The other teammates must face the consequences a a Shower of Gunge a if the Challenge Isnit met after one team is eliminated in the physical Challenge round the top two teams go on to answer another round of a a. A amps Amy be Latler Jones american pupils Jessica Tuttle left and Matt Wilburn appear on a clockwise a a bbl 1 quiz program for children. Rapid fire general knowledge questions. The team with the highest score travels the 60-foot-Long time Tunnel for one minute in the final and again Messy a around. As the two schoolchildren go through the horizontal tube they Are asked More questions and hit with More Gunge. With each Quot Correct answer they travel farther Down the tube and Are awarded prizes based on How far they travel. Although the air time is Only 15 minutes taping took 2 i hours because of retakes and technical difficulties., to occupy the crowd of elementary students the studio provided a a warm up Man who entertained the audience and asked them questions. Jessica and Matt competed against British students from Cross farm primary school in Liverpool and moorlands Junior school in Bath. Quot ithe american team took the Lead after the first Gen Era knowledge round by correctly answering questions about their Host country. The questions included a which City is England a second largest Birmingham. A who stands taller the Prince or Princess of Wales the Princess. In the a time flies round a clock ticked away As they had a crack armies tons with numerical answers. Those questions included a How Many people Are on a tug of War team a 8. A on which Pound note does Shakespeare appear 20. Cd a by the end of three rounds sixth grader Jessica and fifth grader Matt were still leading. But they lost the Lead and were eliminated in the fourth round. A the last round was mostly All British questions a Jessica said. A a a. A. A \ v a a How were we supposed to know when the great fire of London was asked Matt referring to the question a what started in pudding Lane in London on sept. 2,1666?�?�./ but the pair who finished in second place did no to leave the studio empty handed. They got a a clockwise to shirts and clockwise watches. Their appearance on the show May have created an Opportunity for other Dodds students to participate on British quiz shows. Patsy Titcomb the Talent coordinator who conducted the contestant search at Little Ris Sington said she would like to see More american schoolchildren on bbl 1 shows. A i think it is something different for English television Quot Titcomb said. A a it a a Good thing a most . Families can afford Cost of College officials say Memminger elementary school teacher Diana wild wrote to the stars and stripes with a great tale about one of her second graders Desiree Cruz. Wild said her diligent Pupil strives to master penmanship and insists that each stroke and letter be perfect. If she makes a mistake shed write it Over and Over again until its exact at a conference with wild Desiree s Mother told about a conversation with her / when the Mother asked if Desiree would make straight a a in school the child looked worried and replied a but mom what if they re All crooked a if you have a slice of classroom life to share please Send it to Small talk the stars and stripes attn Jimi Jones Apo 09211.school-Home linkup Miami up . Libyan elementary school Here has installed a computerized phone system to keep parents posted when their children Are disciplined forget their Homework or get notes to take Home from the teacher. By Bob Dart _ Cox news service Washington a despite a decade of escalating tuition a College degree is still affordable for most american students even those from poor families says the Federal department of education. College can Cost $20,000 a year at some exclusive private universities but nearly two thirds of All students will pay less than $3,000 in tuition and fees for the 1990-91 school year according to a Federal report these figures do not include other costs such As room Board and books a a while average tuition at Independent four year institutions is now $9,400 per academic year the average tuition at pub lie colleges and universities is still just $1,800 per year a education Secretary Laura r. Cavazos said part of that Gap is explained by the fact that taxpayers foot part of the Bill at Public schools eight of every 10 College students enrol in Public institutions. Only 2 percent of the nations College students attend schools where the annual tuition is $15,000 or More while 6.6 percent pay less than $3,000. Those colleges at the top of the Range include Many of the nations prestigious private schools. A the reality is that with a Little planning virtually every family a including those in Low and Middle income ranges a can afford College a Cavazos said. The education department released three reports recently that Deal with the issues of financing a higher education. Cavazos said College administrators must Cut costs to slow the rapid Rise in tuition that occurred during the 1980s. But he added that misconceptions about the real Cost of College Are scaring away students from Low income families. A 1988 Gallup poll showed that most 13 to 21-year-old americans greatly overestimated the Cost of attending College most thought it would Cost three times As much to attend a Public institution than the actual average Cost. A publicity about the most expensive schools May have misled people about what College really costs a Cavazos said. The tragedy is that some High school students have mistakenly decided they can to afford to go to College and have stopped taking Tough courses and trying for Good grades he said. A instead of being told to aim High these students Are aiming Low a said Leonard Haynes an assistant Secretary of education the sorries thing we a in education is the education department officials did not discount the problems of rising College costs however. Tuition grew faster than inflation throughout the past decade and the trend is continuing. It the past school year the average tuition Rose 7 percent at Public four year colleges and 8 percent at private four year colleges. The inflation rate during this pen of was just under 5 percent. A the increasing Cost of tuition and fees at our colleges and universities threatens to limit Access to higher education in America Quot Cavazos at a press conference he released a report called a Tough choices that jul. Be sent to College administrator across the nation. It warns that administrative costs make up one fourth of College expenditures and Are a growing area of expense. It offers recommendations on holding Down costs a Cavazos a former president of to Ujj a amp a University said Neges just decide what Type of institutions they Shounia be and concentrate on those goals. Noi every institution of higher learning need to emphasize research undergraduate and graduate studies technical pr9gfsj such As engineering and other specialize activities he explained.,ithe a tendency is to say we Xan better a a said Cavazos but c011 should eliminate whole academic Grams and departments to hold Dow costs if such efforts Are duplicated 7
