European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 01, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 22 the stars and stripes tuesday february 1, 1994,v. -. I school problems created by system xxv dear Ann landed teachers Mav i hear from Vou today s crossword Lande in the 40s and 50s, when a student got in trouble a school that student of in trouble again at Home. Now the typical parental response is quit picking on when a teacher wrote to complain about being unable to physically discipline students you oversimplified the problem by suggesting that trouble makers be expelled. This rarely happen these Days because teachers must prove they attempted corrective methods which is almost impossible. School boards and1 school administrators must Bear their share of the blame for the deterioration of educational n our District for example teach cars at the elementary level Cav Only recommend that a students fit be passed to a higher Grade. The parents must make the final determination. This i sheer madness and that s not All. Many schools have eliminated grading remember a a q of. They Are More concerned with a student s level of self esteem than whether or not he is learning. More madness. Why Don t you ask the teachers of America and can Ada what can be done to turn things around i would be interested also in what teachers have to say about disciplining students. Of. In you be raised two excellent questions. And now Ann Landers teachers y you dear Ann Landers i read you regularly in the Korea Herald Seoul. Your column is a link to Home for which i thank you. I am an american who has lived Here for eight years. I especially enjoyed the letter about How overblown children s birthday parties have become because very Little is made of them Here. It is the older people who Are feted. What s More the older you Are the bigger the Celebration. I recently observed my 60th birthday. My adopted korean family took Over an entire restaurant to Cele Braje the occasion. The people Here Are wonderful and Seoul is such a Beautiful City you ought to come and see for yourself. " v i have been in Seoul. During the Vietnam War in 1967, i visited our wounded in the hospitals there. It was 102 in the Shade and there was no Shade but the City was magnificent. Congratulations on your 60th. You picked a Good place to celebrate. Asian cultures Revere the elderly while in America we seem to worship at the shrine of youth. We spend billions of dollars annually on cosmetic surgery creams elixirs hair transplants and color ing anything that might possibly Knock off a few years. A vanity thy name is woman and Man too i might add. Utter to Ann Landers should a addressed to her at . To 11562, Chi Cago Iii. 60611-0562. C creators Syndicate paper plates continue to feed dispute dear Abby i know exactly How Holiday visitor Felt and i Dis agree with your answer. Holiday visitor and her husband went to visit their daughter for thanksgiving and the Mother was terribly upset to find the table set with paper plates and paper napkins knowing that her daughter had plenty of Fine China and Lovely silverware she said she thought it was Tacky and you said. The epitome of tackiness is criticizing the hostess who fed Abby my husband and i went to our married son s Home for thanksgiving dinner and /1 nearly had a heart attack when i saw the table set with paper plates and the food served in plastic bowls i say if people want to eat from paper plates they should have a picnic. Been there dear been there Here s a letter from another mom with a different quibble dear Abby View of using paper plates for a Holiday dinner dear Abby in response to the Mother who was aghast that her daughter served thanksgiving dinner on Paer plates of that we had nothing More serious to Vorry about than the kind of plates we ate from our family of 14 married children and grandchildren were Home for nine Days at Christmas. Not Only were paper plates used we had utensils and serving bowls. After everyone had finished eating try son in Law went around the table with a Large plastic trash bag and everyone tossed the paper plates and plastic silverware in the trash bag. I am sure that everyone there wondered if that would be their last Christmas dinner with the entire family. I have had two mastectomies in the last six months and Only god knows what s next. People should pay at Tention to the things that Are really important in life and count their blessings. Mom in Murraysville a. 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