European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 30, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10letters to the editor thursday december 30,1993 the s european edition. Col Steven s. Hoffman Usan commander publisher bean Anoa. 20vist0ski editor a news and editorial Debora to Alfier news editor. A am waiter european editor Bob Wicker sports editor Gaorge mane City a Dilpor to write us unit 29480 Apo a 09211 or Postrach 1t14 37 64278 Darmstadt Germany news Tel fax 06155-601416 to Call is dial 06155-601 plus Extension or Dan 348-b Pluti Extension As follows. News ext. 237, 255,282, 226,326. Sports ext. 225,269,263,332, 321. 221. Features ext. 230, 245, 341. Letters to editor ext. 208. Education Jimi Jones ext. 226. Business news ext. 326. News bureaus Heidelberg Germany Joseph own. Room 117, a amp morsel. 104. 69128 Heidelberg car 419, to 1318, Apo a 09102 lol phone on 370-7010 or civilian 06221-23421 Loyola 06221-27239. Kaiserslautern Germany. 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Government the a pan men of Welense or the . European command the appearance of advertising in Thi publication including inserts or supplements does not constitute endorse or Wal by me depart Cal o Felonse or the stars and is Quot Pes of me products or services advertised. Quot hand of another i Only Feci remorse that we have taken life out of the hands of god As if we As Mankind can control All things. This Man does not have my Praise. I have witnessed the horror of my own sister wasting away from Melanoma cancer. I was there when she died. It gives me great pleasure to say my sister went Home with Joy and with much courage and my family depended on the Wisdom of Goa and not the Wisdom of Man. A Shawn p. A citric Spang Dahlum a Germany. Mixed up minds apparent problem i would like to respond to the recent letter a children deserve  1 think the writer should Start looking into his own backyard before looking into a neighbors. I agree that some teachers do get burned out. Its frustrating at times when parents who offer no supervision Over their children Send them to school out of control. If parents took the time to read play and talk Monitor discipline and guide these children maybe some Good teachers  get burned out. Its about Lime parents did some parenting instead of shoving the kids in the direction of the teacher. Education is enlightening a too bad most people refuse to grow and become enlightened a Jim Boucher Heidelberg Germany a a. Teachers have limits the letter Quot children deserve better . 14 reflects an attitude in America which docs nothing to promote Educa Lional Reform self Reliance or responsible parenting. The writer urges teachers to be their students Quot Best Friend a and he implied that it is our fault if children Quot have no one to turn to and therefore have Given  he also argues that we  spend so much time on disciplining students. Why have americans parents abandoned child rearing and turned it Over to total strangers parents arc their child a Best Friend. Parents need to be there when a child feels he has nowhere to turn. Parents must teach a child self discipline so he can function in a Public environment such As school. Parents Are his primary teacher. Love him As i May f would never try to replace a Parent As the most important adult in his or her life. Studies show that american youngsters graduate from High school ill prepared for the workplace. It Isnit because they arc stupid and it Isnit because their teachers Lack compassion or ability. The problem is that teachers Are being charged More and More with duties traditionally assumed by parents of 1 have to spend the school Day teaching students How to Brush their acc la respect themselves and others avoid drugs and crime and to raise families on their own How much time do you suppose i have left Over to teach Reading writing and Arith. Metic a teacher is a valuable asset due to her subject matter knowledge and instructional methods As Well As the fact that children need to be exposed to various adult Safe approach role models other than their parents. It is a serious misuse of this valuable asset to expect her to instill the values and survival skills which parents have traditionally taught at Home. A Sarah r. Tokar. Kaiserslautern Germany the letter Quot whereas the. Evidence a . 5 clearly demonstrates the Pitfalls of doing ones scientific research with an open Bible instead of an open mind. The Quot argument that the Fossil record should show Quot every conceivable kind of transition is used by creationists to support the muddled logic that a if it Hasni to yet been found it does no to  it also shows a profound ignorance of the mechanics of fossilization and a naive belief  dead animal must be transformed into a Fossil. The writer also conveniently leaves out some very important information in the rest of his letter. He would have us believe that Charles Darwin thought that the Fossil record stood in opposition to his theories but the science of Fossil palaeontology was barely in its infancy in Darwin a time. The writer also invokes the names of Stephen h. Hould and Niles Eldridge but would Lead the uninformed to think that these men oppose evolutionary theory. Nothing Coula be further from the truth. Gould and Eldridge Are the proponents of the theory of punctuated equilibrium be. Be states the evolutionary Progress is not a smooth constant upward line but rather proceeds in relatively Short periods of leaps and Bounds that Are separated by much longer periods of far slower Progress. This accounts in Large part for what the letter writer bemoans As the Quot extreme rarity Quot of transitional forms. The end results of be and a it of darwinian gradualism Are the same but the methods of getting from reptile to Bird for example Are quite different. Evidence is rapidly accumulating in favor of be however and it is supplanting gradualism in evolutionary theory a which of course makes Gould and Eldridge favorite targets of creationists. A Stair sgt. Mark l. Bankc Izmir Turkey Kevorkian no hero in response to Quot Praise for a hero . 18praise who shall we seek Praise from men or shall we seek Praise from god to the Reader who praised or Jack Kevorkian Why Praise death should one Man decide the death of another a or should a person die at the in be tried this through the suggestion program but since there is no Money saved in the proposal it was turned Down. So in a sending you this letter in the Hope that someone will take action on it. My proposal is to rename the nato exercise reformer. Ever since the . Forces have been in Europe the exercise was called reformer return of forces to Germany. With the draw Down and the shifting of the commitment of the United states within the North Atlantic treaty organization this name no longer holds True. Today the United states commitment within nato takes us All Over Europe in order to support our allies and our own troops. So Why not Call the exercise Safe support armed forces Europe ? it would certainly make More sense than reformer and who knows maybe the name Safe reminds our service members to a play it Safe and we can save the lives of our service members which Are invaluable. A Rainer f. Stcin Bauer Frankfurt Germany face the facts. In response to Quot a football poll biased . 19apparently the writer does no to have what was required to determine that the poll was indeed biased. He pm stated West Virginia was the Only team among the top three to play five bowl bound teams. To set the record straight several of the teams Florida state played Are going to bowl games. Nebraska played Virgini Virginia has Only played four bowl bound teams. The system May be unfair to teams who play a weak schedule e.g., West Virginia but until these teams Start playing Tough schedules quit crying and whining. If you want to eat with the big dogs you be got to run with them. A Carl Johnson Raf Lakin Heath England thanks for Good deed 1 would like to take this Opportunity to thank the Anonymous Good Samaritan who found my Wallet in the parking area of Campbell Barracks Between the gym and the Parade Field on . 13. Everything of personal value was in that Wallet and everything was there when i arrived to pick it up. This Good deed brought Christmas to my Home Early. A Ferric Bailey Heidelberg Germany a a a a a. Service appreciated i would like to express my sincere appreciation to the two ladies at the Burger barn on flip terhorst Cavern for staying Way past closing time on . 10 so that the basketball teams from accent High school Brun sum Netherlands could get something to eat. In All the Rush to get the kids out of there so the two ladies could finally go Home i forgot to get their names. We do appreciate their above and beyond service to our teams a Brian Williams Brun sum Netherlands c editor s note we encourage our readers a especially those who have never submitted a letter a to write to  expressing readers viewpoints or opinions 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 clarify length and taste. Send to letters to the editor the stars and stripes unit 29480, Apo a 09211