European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 24, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 16 letters to the editor wednesday november 24.1003 thes europ4 6tf Terji heft cot.  am Usan Bernard �. Fools Tow editor news and editorial Edword Haboran  oar Famant sports editor acting special sections editor to write us unit 29480 apoae09211 orpostfach111437 64278 Darmstadt Germany news Tel fax 06155 601416 to Call us dial 06155-601 plus Extension or Dan 348-8 plus Extension As follows news ext. 237,255,282.226,326. Sports ext. 225.269,263,332,321,221. Features ext230,245,341. Letters to editor ext. 208. Education Jimi Jones ext. 226. Business news ext. 326. News bureaus Hei Ottiero Germany Josaph own. Boom 117, a Marjur. 104, 69126  car 419, Box 1318, Apo a 09f03 tata Phona Dan 370-7010 or new Tel. 06221-2342tlafa-06221 27239.  Germany Nav Dougharty. Johnb Ohmar. 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Inferior education Why do our children have to suffer with schools that Are of less Quality be cause we Are in the military and Over seas our children should have the same opportunities that other children have inthe states. Matter of fact our children should have better schools because the Yare military family members and Are moved around a lot especially since the Yare in foreign country. Our children s education is pushed aside because of the draw Down and a Lack of Good teachers. The Reading  Gram is behind other schools. Our Chil Dren Are not treated with respect and the adults seem to forget that children have feelings too. The administrators at the school do not give our children a reason for wanting to go to school the children give reasons for wanting to stay Home. They have no incentives and what really concerns me is that there is not enough supervision in the lunch rooms or on the playgrounds at any Given time of the Day. As a Parent if you try to talk to the principals or guidance Counselor they say you Are a frustrated and angry House wife. It s a shame that being a concerned Parent does t count . Alexander Baum older Germany youths drugs alcohol. Two recent articles disturbed me greatly As a Parent with a child in a department of defense dependents school and As a professional who works with adolescents. I m referring to the one about the gun buying Selling incident in bad Kreuz Nach and the youths in Darm Stadt who held up a taxi Driver. Destructive Behaviours such As Vandal ism truancy and violence Are far More interrelated with the use of alcohol another drugs than has been previously realized. These Behaviours affect school s educational climate even if Alco hol or other drug use occurs off school grounds according to recent nationwide student View Survey results by Johnson Institute an education and training Cen Ter for alcohol and other drug abuse. This Survey compared students who re ported having problems As a result of Al Cohol or other drug use and students re porting no use of alcohol or other  Survey revealed that those problem users Are More than twice As Likely Roget into physical fights three times More Likely to be truant from school twice a Likely to have trouble concentrating  class and four times More Likely to com Mit vandalism. Adolescents can and do experience problems related to alcohol and other drug use abuse and dependency. I do no know if any of the youths involved in the above incidents use alcohol or other drugs. I do know that people frequently ask me Why today s youth seem to have More complicated problems than youths of the past. While i Don t have All the an Swers i do know that alcoholism drug addiction violence and abuse Are inter generational and if they go untreated they progressively get  is readily available Here in Germany. I think we sometimes forget Al Cohol is a drug too. Parents who establish Clear non negotiable limits regarding alcohol use by Young people will Hope fully never have to suffer what the parents of Over three million adolescent problem drinkers do each  Cook Heidelberg Germany warranting attention we moved to Wiesbaden in july 1992and there were no duplexes available. We were put on a waiting list with major shaving first Choice no matter whether they were in country first or not an then the warrants Only getting a duplex after All majors were housed  have Beer Many complaints How housing has been running the show. Theist for duplexes has changed several times since we have been Here but never to the warrants advantage. We were told we would have a Duple by the end of september 1993, but the list was changed again during the sum Mer and the people just moving in coun try were supplied with a duplex without Ever having to wait on the list that puts us who have been waiting further Dow the list. If they had done things according tothe Book and regulations none of this would have ended ii in a fiasco. Now behave heard we Are to receive a letter from the general apologizing for what has happened but the list will remain the same majors then warrants no mat Ter what their amount of service or Date of coming in  Wiesbaden Germany evolving evidence the writer of creationism and Sci ence nov. 7indicated that evolution is not corroborated by other scientific evidence. That must Surprise the thousands of anatomists biologists botanists geneticists geologists palaeontologists physicists zoologists and others who have filled whole libraries with evolution re  writer also wrongly accused evolution of violation of the second Law of thermodynamics which states that organisms left to themselves tend toward disorder not evolution due to the in creasing unavailability of Energy. Obviously organisms Aren t left to them selves rather they obtain Energy fro outside sources by eating other organisms and from the Sun. If creationists make such obvious mistakes in simple matters like overlooking food and sunlight As out Side Energy sources can we Trust their answers to More Complex questions regarding fossils a variety of transitional forms have already been documented primitive to modern Man primitive to modern horses amphibians to reptiles and reptiles to Birds to name just a few. Consult your local Library for More examples. The writer concluded by saying creationism is supported by a wealth of Evi Dence but neglected to specify the Evi Dence. That s not surprising. Although creationism theory is thousands of Yean old creationism research is virtually non existent in contrast to the wealth of Evo Lution research done in less than 150 years. The meager creationist literature much of it in comic Book form used in Bible schools is largely devoted to religious attacks on evolution. Attacking Evo Lution is obviously not the same thing a establishing a scientific basis for creationism. Evolution is a Complex Field. Shallow comic Book analysis is hardly conducive to understanding the full wonder majesty of god s evolving creation. Timothy  Berlin pervasive pornography i agree with the letter writer who say pornography influences people to commit perverted sexual crimes against women and children. Studies have shown that when a store Selling sexually explicit and perverted literature comes into an area the crime against women and children increase. Serial killer Ted Bundy said it was pornography that started his perversion. Often local Law enforcement agents no Tice pornographic material is linked with crimes against women and children. The army has been emphasizing the care of military families yet the armed forces Are one of the largest buyers an Sellers of pornography in the world. If our army is truly concerned with the family and Quality of life for our communities it must take Steps to Stop the Avail ability of this material in bookstores and shop Pettes. Carol Borderud Baum older Germany i editor s note i to encourage our readers especially those who have never submitted a letter to write to us. Letters expressing readers viewpoints Are published daily on this Page. All letters must be signed and include address and Telephone number. Preference is Given to Shorter letters so that More can be published in a timely manner. We Reserve the right to edit letters for Darity length and taste. Send to utters to the editor the stars and stripes unit 29480, Apo a 09211. . Thought twp cons&36manw&t.tfft i a to nees Mas Fatsi