European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 26, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday August 26, 1991 the stars and stripes c Page 9education students challenged to do their Best by Gary Pomeroy Staft writer Frankfurt Germany a Chris Coultas Learned from his parents that limitations come from within. A my parents. Taught me that if you keep your mind to it you can go through with what you want to do a said Coultas a Frankfurt High school Sophomore. But hearing the same Type of advice from a a Guy who a made it sounds different a the 15-year-old said. Coultas was among 30 teens who attended a motivational talk in the Frankfurt High school auditorium tuesday by Arthur e. Thomas president of Central state University in Wilberforce Ohio. Thomas who also serves on the Board of directors of the world Africa chamber of Commerce mixed a fast paced speaking style with some Street Slang to Tell students about education failure and teen pregnancy. A when i was in eighth Grade my teacher told me i was bad 1 was dumb i was no Good i would never be any Good and 1 would end up in jail a said Thomas who earned his doctorate in education at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. A and i made my mind up on that Day to make a liar out of him. 1 started Reading everything 1 could get my hands  As he earned his degrees Thomas sent copies to the teacher. He pointed out though that the episode that motivated him destroyed his Best Friend. The teacher a told my Best Friend the same thing and he believed him. He did no to go to school the next Day. Then he started stealing. Then he committed a murder. A a done to Ever let anybody Tell you you can to do something if its right a said Thomas chairman of the International committee of the National association for equal Opportunity in higher education. A you. Look into the Mirror and you Tell yourself that you Are the most magnificent creature on the face of this Earth a he said. A Success is failure turned inside  he used song titles to stress to the Young women in the audience that teen pregnancy  be As big of a problem As it is. A you better Stop listening to Luther Vandross talking about let me love you because you might end up Dodds Mediterranean school Calenda first semester aug. 26 a first Day of classroom instruction sept. 2 a labor Day oct. 14 a Columbus Day oct. 31 a end of first marking period nov. 1 a teacher workday nov. 11 a veterans Day nov. 28-29 a thanksgiving recess dec. 23 a Winter recess begins Jan 6,1992 classroom instruction resumes Jan. 20 a Martin Luther King Day Jan. 23 a end of second marking period and first semester Jan. 24 a teacher workday second semester Jan. 27 a second semester begins feb. 17 a presidents Day april 2 a end of third marking period april 3 a teacher workday april 6 a Spring recess begins april 13 a classroom instruction resumes May 25 a memorial Day june 11 a end of fourth marking period students last Day of school june 12 a teacher workday correction because of incorrect information provided by the Odds Atlantic regional office a Story in the aug. 21 lotion listed the wrong school for c. Margaret Dea rage. Deatherage is principal for the . Mahan High school Iceland. Thomas Coultas Flora Moss like Patti Labelle a on your own. A when a Young Man walks up to you and says a hello baby How you doing a ask him How he a doing a in physics math chemistry and biology. If he says he a got a 95, a 96, a 97 and a 98, Tell him to keep talking. If he says to be got a 5, a 10, a 15 and a 20,�?T Tell him to keep on  Thomas said in an interview before his talk that his intention is a to inspire them and make them aware of the Many opportunities that exist and to remind them that they re going to be living in an increasingly Complex society and that they must prepare for that society the minority will become the majority Over the next 10 to 20 years he said. A therefore they have to be prepared to live in to take advice from to be supervised by and supervise members of minority  learning history can help tear Down barriers he said. A it is important for Black american youngsters to learn about our history so that they can shake this false sense of inferiority. And its important for White youngsters to know about african american history so that they can shake this false sense of  Thomas said he believes that the Battle of the future May not be economic or cultural. Education is the key he said and although he stresses this to All teen agers Blacks lag behind particularly in science. A your youngsters have to become not Only ads but we need to get youngsters prepared that have a combination of Law and medical degree a he said. A was we move into these areas like genetic research transplanting of body organs the environment our youngsters Are going to have to participate in serious policy decisions. Quot for the next 10 years we be got to greatly increase the number of our youngsters that Are going into the sciences. If we done to move in that direction there will be no Black professors in the future. There will be no Black scientists in the future. And i m convinced that this vastly changing world will be dominated More by scientific knowledge than by Law politics and  a Thomas audience was impressed. A the was really hitting some major Points a said Curtis Moss 17, a Frankfurt High school senior. A especially with what he said about his Friend giving up. A lot of people do that around Here. Slack off make the wrong choices like getting pregnant at an Early  a no matter what happens you can do whatever you want to do a said Jeanine Flora a 16-year-old Frankfurt High Junior. A a Dunn to give up. Just keep striving for what you want to do in  Moss like Coultas. Has heard much of Thomas message at Home. �?o1 heard this from my parents a Moss said. A maybe it really is  2 longtime overseas educators with Dodds die after illnesses two longtime educators with the military s overseas school system have died. Fred s. Kusuno whose career spanned More than 30 years with the department of defense dependents schools system died aug. 15 in a Hospital in Maui Hawaii of intestinal cancer. He was 69. And Gertrude a it rude Zink 65, died at a German Hospital in Karlsruhe on aug. 7 following a yearlong illness that left her in a coma from May until her death. Kusuno a world War 1 Veteran begun his career with the military school system with a six year stint in Japan in 1954. He served in Baum older Germany from 1960 to 1966, and in Kaiserslautern from 1966 to 1985. After a two year leave he served two years at Rota Spain retiring in 1989. Kusuno served with the army a 442nd inf regt Nisei unit from 1942 to 1945. The Nisei unit is famous for its world War ii campaigns in Salerno Italy and Bruyerer France. He won a Silver Star and a purple heart. Kusuno held a bachelors degree from the University of California and a master s from Columbia teachers College. He was a member of several professional educational and Community organizations. He enjoyed skiing fishing and Tennis. Kusuno is survived by his wife Sumako of Denver a brother and three Sisters All of Honolulu. Zink who retired in 1987 after 29 years As Host nation teacher at Karlsruhe elementary school had worked for the . Government most of her life. She started in 1947 As a Secretary in Karlsruhe and later taught at the army education Center in that Community. She is survived by her husband Dieter her Mother Anna Birtel a son Alexander and a brother i ians Birtcil. News from Kuwait with a Young slant Kuwait apr Randy Mcdade a Sophomore at Broad Ripple High school in Indianapolis has come to Kuwait to report the news a kids style. A a can and the other Large Media have neglected to get the children a View Quot he said. A we want the kuwaiti kids and the palestinian kids to have their  Mcdade 16, and three other Indianapolis youngsters have spent a week touring Homes schools and hotels damaged during iraqis seven month occupation of Kuwait. They Are part of a current events program called children a express and their reports Are carried each monday in the Indianapolis Star. A at Home they have written stories on teen age pregnancy gang violence and the states educational budget. Cindy Peterson 16, of Lawrence North High school said she got the idea about travelling to Kuwait this year while watching coverage of the persian Gult War on television. The trip got delayed until alter Kuwait a liberation on feb. 26, so kuwaiti children have been their locus. The children s express works out of the children a museum of Indianapolis with funds from the Lilly in dowmont. Kuwaiti airways the National earner provided free air plane tickets for the students and their adviser Lynn Sygiel. 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