European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 17, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12letters to the editor tuesday May 17,1994 the of and Lpes european edition col Steven s. Hoffman Usan a commander publisher. A Bernard a. Zovistoski. A editor a. News and editorial a a a a a. A bid Walker a a european editor i Deb Oreti Abither. Bob Wicker George mane a news editor a. Sports editor. A City editor. To write us unit 29480 Apo a 09211 or Postrach 11 14 3764278 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. A 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 Josoph Owen room 117, rime str. T04, 69128 Heidelberg car 419, Box 131b, Apo a 09102 Telephone Dan 370-7010 or civilian 06221-23421 Tel fax 06221-27239. 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European command the appearance of advertising in this publication including inserts or supplements Doe not constitute endorse. Ment by the department of defense or the stars and stripes of the products or services advertised. Postal overcharge on april 25, i took two packages to the Leighton Post office for mailing. The packages were mothers Day gifts and each had a greeting card securely attached to the front. Each address was boldly printed on the envelopes. I completed the required customs forms then requested priority mail shipment to ensure their delivery to South Carolina by mothers Day. I also requested insurance for the value of the gifts. When the clerk weighed the first package and computed the Cost he insisted 1 pay an additional 29 cents for the attached card. I told him i have been mailing packages with attached cards from that Post office for nearly four years and have never been charged extra for part of the packages exterior. I then asked Why the sudden change in postal charges. He stated simply that it was regulation. 1 asked to see the postal regulations manual. He claimed he did not have one but if his supervisor was present head absolutely refuse them without the additional postage  a a a v. He then processed my packages warn Irig me that they would Likely be returned for insufficient postage. When my two packages were weighed the postage for priority mail plus insurance included the weight of the attached cards. A. A Quot a i do not believe it is fair policy to charge an additional fee when the packages weight is what determines its postage. A. A Quot a a had i Ever been informed of this regulation prior to this incident i surely would have enclosed the greeting card inside the package and addressed the Brown paper wrapping instead. In spite of this clerks warnings i have received word that both packages arrived securely on May 1. I would like to thank the rest of the postal staff for processing my mail so pc. Bowden Wurzburg Germany a a a. A a a pain taught a lesson the night i heard Michael p. Fay had been caned it made me cringe at the thought of the pain. When i went to High school they gave the a a paddle to unruly kids. I was 15 years old the first and last time i got a the  it Hurt. Never again did i Cross the Border into a  behaviour. Today its considered inhumane and brutal. A teacher would probably get fired sued maybe even thrown in jail. It was quite a deterrent though. A in that same five minute Block on the evening news some juveniles were reported to have set a dog on fire in a Many a Back Yard. One of the juveniles seen running from the scene was  be 15 years  veterinarians were hoping to save the do go a eyesight but its face was badly burned. What is appropriate punishment for those juveniles what do you think will happen to them when and if they re caught. Probably not a great Deal. Time for us to take a Long hard look a Joe Garvey Heidelberg Germany c editors note j we encourage our readers a Espe daily those who have never submitted a letter a to write to us. Letters expressing readers viewpoints or opinions Are published Dally 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 clarity length and taste. Send to letters to the editor the stars it and stripes unit 294b0, Apo a 0921 of or fax 06155-601-463, Dan 3484463. T commentary class not race needs to be conquered by James p. Pinkerton the 40th anniversary of Brown is. Board of education is today. T the supreme courts unanimous Rul Irig that the segregationist doctrine of a separate but equal was unconstitutional is rightly hailed As a Triumph for human rights. Afterwards the leadership of the Rev. Martin Luther King or. Broadened the cause of integration into a moral crusade that decisively changed the Way americans think about race. So Why do americans still feel separated a. A because the dilemma has changed from division according to race to a split based on class and behaviour. With the conspicuous and lamentable exception of an occasional Alabama school principal americans would not object to Denzel Washington or Whitney Houston moving in next door. But they would have a problem with tupac shakur or Snoop Doggy Dogg. Both rappers have had serious run ins with the Law parents with children and Homes to protect would be justified in viewing them As they would an oncoming coven of Hellas Angels. Today the South a racist Jim Crow Laws have been swept away Southern schools Are the nations most integrated. According to Harvard political scientist Gary Orfield the four states with the most segregated school systems Are new York new Jersey Illinois and Michigan. The Empire states drive toward in Legra ,.,50 by thib Power v55t5p nm&y7h�fm�fs Imirse May Abb the first to am you to 7>ifr�alworjj?< 600? Luck class of t994 Tiosh has been stymied by the Speed bump of crime. Elijah Andersons article a the code of the streets a in the May Issue of the at-1-Antic monthly defines two very different a operating assumptions of inner City life. A one pole he labels a decent a the other pole  a professor of sociology at the University of Pennsylvania writes a so called decent families tend to accept mainstream values More fully and attempt to instill them in their  on the other hand a the lives of the Street oriented Are often marked by disorganization a leading children to a come up  a Anderson describes the modes operan i of the a a Hood a its Basic requirement is the display of a certain predisposition to  that a enough to Send people packing to Ever More Distant suburbs to private schools or both. Not Only do Middle class Whites not want to be integrated with a a Street  pie but neither do Middle class Blacks. It was Jesse Jackson not David Duke who said recently that he Felt relieved when he walked alone at night and turned around and saw that the stranger behind him was White. Forty years after Brown the new segregation is less racial than behavioural a working is. Nonworking Well behaved is. Badly behaved class is underclass. That s Why we be hit the Point of diminishing returns on school  a a True and lasting integration will come when we find common ground on values a the decent Law abiding values of hard work delayed gratification and upward mobility. But if kids Are deprived of skills then delayed gratification yields no upward mobility. The Point of Brown was not just to bring kids together it was to guarantee everyone a better education and thereby better life prospects. Yet in spite of enormous expenditure schools Are unable to deliver what kids really need Quality instruction on subjects beyond condoms. We done to have time to wait for incremental pseudo reforms the schools and quite possibly society will disintegrate first. A a. A. A we need new ideas Public school Choice educational vouchers anything that offers an alternative to soviet Stylc a  the Public schools in Washington in an Effort to make sure that High school graduates can read hired the private Sylvan learning centers to do to Taring. Such desperate acts May be the Only Hope we have for a society that could As King said be United around the Content of our characters not divided by the color of our  now Day. Scamming y. Moo cou&56 6rapuates t us eth most bks Cunt educations1, its a pops my puff 50 what outlet you work no for r / punn0 yet Corr Amy leaps /