European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 29, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday november 29, 1993 education the stars and stripes Page 11 world is a stage for Tutor in by Marian Hamilton Mediterranean Bureau Naples Italy a Jon Carter is a Laurence Olivier enthusiast and a William Shakespeare fan. He enjoys teaching Oli Vicry a screenplay versions of Shakespeare a plays to anybody who will let him. Carter has no patience with More modern interpretations of the Bard of Avon. When asked what he thought of Mel Gibson a movie Hamlet carte said a i was embarrassed. To me its instead he focuses on the Man he considers to be the quintessential actor and the Only playwright he thinks is Worth studying Olivier and Shakespeare. As a Tutor Carter makes House Calls. Currently the Naples based american Tutor takes his lessons to a luxury Penthouse a local hotel and a family apartment. A a it a a wonderful Way to make a living a he said. At age 17, Carter became enamoured of Shakespeare and Olivier while studying Julius Caesar in school and after he saw Olivier in the movie Richard just went crazy a he said. Carter bought a record of highlights from Richard Iii and later bought a three record set of the same movie. A i went to sleep each night with it a he said. He also saw Marlon Brando play Marc Antony at age 17. A i had admired his performance in on the waterfront and i just believe his Power in Julius Caesar. Even Olivier said he was impressed by his Brando a performance a Carter said. Carter holds Bachelor and master of arts degrees in european history and Western civilization from the University of Arizona in Tucson. In 1971, he landed. S4s Marian Hamilton Tutor Jon Carter explains a passage in a Shakespeare play to Pupil Ilaria Mele. A teaching Job at John f. Kennedy american school of Naples later known As the International school of Naples. He transferred to Naples International Montessori school in 1987. He taught a variety of subjects there until 1991, when a a Parent objected to his subject matter and he found himself jobless. A i was teaching about the three people that i consider the three a pillars of the 20th Century Karl Marx Charles Darwin and Sigmund Freud a he said adding that he tried to illustrate in his classes that the three men had contributed to Many of modern society a problems. A a in a not sure exactly what the Parent objected to. I was never but Carter did not let the setback of losing his Job slow him Down. In his spare time he had been tutoring pupils in Olivier a shakespearean movies. After he lost his Job at Montessori the Parent of one Pupil he had been tutoring asked Carter to continue giving the lessons. Carter decided to make tutoring pupils in Shakespeare his new Job. Carters three step lesson plan includes having his pupils read the entire screenplay of one of Olivier a shakespearean movies one passage at a time. After Reading they hear the same passages read by Olivier on tape and watch a video of the play Carters classes cover any of six Olivier screenplays Henry a Othello Ham the merchant of Venice Richard and King Lear. He also uses his old favorite a featuring Brando Julius Caesar. His pupils mostly teen agers but also some adults come Back year after year. At about two screenplays a year a they go at their own Pace a pupils can study for about 3vi years without repeating any of the screenplays. Carter offers a diploma to the pupils to Reward them for their hard work although the document docs not carry any weight As far As receiving school credits. The diploma lists the six screenplays and the Brando movie and when a course is completed Carter will indicate it on the document. Francesco Merlino 12, recently started his second year with Carter. His Brothers Antonio 17, and Stefano 15, Are former students. A this is a very Good class a Francesco said. A we laugh. We play. We enjoy. The Merlinos class is studying Richard Iii. His fellow students Stefano Yannuzzi Marina Carnvale and Ilaria Mele also 12, debated not Only the meaning of English words but social customs in Shakespeare a time. Carter says that his teaching method is very simple. A i know every word and i translate it into contemporary English a he said. Quot i bust it up into its component parts and relate it to today a Carter charges students about $90 per month which includes one two hour class a week. All classes Are conducted in English. Turks and italians have been among his pupils and he said everyone is Welcome a a was Long As they Are willing to study and have , German teachers schooled in . Teamwork by Jimi Jones education writer Grafe Wohr Germany new world order May have taken hold for some but for teachers in a former East bloc country that order has yet to reach their classrooms at least in terms of classroom materials. A a it a been interesting to see How Little they have a said Elfriedo Kean Grafe Wohr elementary school Host nation teacher. A no fancy film strip projector no Media no books. Its just to stand there As a teacher with a few yet the children a learn so much a Kean said of pupils in the czech Republic who attend one of Grafe Wohr elementary a two partner schools. A their Standard of education is pretty High a she said of the czechs. A in some Fields they Excel like music which their kids Are famous Kean organizes several Kean visits among Grafe Wohr the czech school and the other partner school in Germany. She is one of several Grafe Wohr teachers who took part in a recent Daylong session in which americans shared their knowledge of team teaching a new concept for the czech and German teachers. About 10 educators from partner elementary schools in Barnaul Germany near the czech Border and to Chov in the czech Republic visted the Grafe Wohr school where team teaching is much the Norm. A a it a a Pilot project for them a Kean said. Team teaching is an educational concept that allows educators to use their expertise in specific subjects More effectively than in traditional systems. Klaus Wendler principal at the Barnaul school said his relationship with american schools dates 12 years. He said his school is interested in the team teaching concept and in continuing its partnership with both schools. Ligure Vavrin Kova a teacher from Tkachov said reforms that have swept Eastern Europe have just started a amps. Ken Gerga German and czech educators receive a Welcome from singing and dancing first graders at Grafe Wohr elementary school in Germany. The educators were visiting to observe the team teaching concept used at l a. Schools. Inside classrooms. A for example children Are no longer forced to adhere to rigid academic guidelines such As forcing every youngster to take russian. She said students in upper grades still take russian but for business and economic reasons Only. A was soon As the Border came Down in 1989they fired All the communists especially from the administration and put in teachers who basically represent the new Western oriented Way a Kean said. But some things take time to change. One american teacher who visited the school described it As a very Kean said american students were shocked at a the old furniture a at the Tkachov school. A your kids did no to even want to sit there and there Are ugly linoleum floors with cracks that you see through. A a it sold but everything is very clean. And they Are very warm a lot of hospitality a she said. A people who grew up under the communist regime cannot change just because the world changed a Kean said. A you can see it when you go there. With the children you walk into a classroom and they stand up straight a she said imitating a Soldier at attention. A they done to move. They Welcome you and then stand until somebody tells them to sit Down. Certain things Are just implanted. It will probably take generations to overcome All visits to Grafe Wohr elementary give teachers and children a Chance to see How americans actually live Kean said. The United states she said is a so far away. They Only know it from soap operas like Miami vice and Beverly Hills 90210,�?� both of which now air in the czech Republic she said. A they All think that a the United states and when they come Here they say a of this is not what we saw on a a a it a just so different a said Kean a Grafe Wohr educator for 13 years. A we just try to give them a Welcome feeling and to broaden their
