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The Clarion
Tuesday, November 18,1980
What’s On
Your Mind,
T each ?
by Sandy Hulbert
Did you ever wonder what goes
on in the mind of your teacher? If
so, this article may enlighten
you. I picked three well-known
teachers on campus and asked
them their opinions and
suggestions on particular issues.
The first question I presented
was; Do you see a decline in the
performance of the students in
your particular subject this
year?
Dr. Wood, who has been
teaching English at Brevard for 5
years, answered: “Yes, there is a
definite decrease in both attitude
and performance this year. ’ ’
Mr. Lovely, Assistant
Professor of History, who has
been teaching at Brevard for 11
years, replied, “This year I am
most pleased with both the
performance and attitude of my
students. They are doing just as
well if not better than the
students in a larger institution.”
Another teacher, Mr.
Woodruff, who has been at
Brevard for 7 years, stated: “No,
I don’t see a decline in the per
formance of the students.” He
does, however, admit that during
the first year he taught at
Brevard, he was unduly hard on
the students and expected a lot
from them, but the “student body
is much more receptive to doing
academic work than before.”
I also asked them what the
deciding factor was in their
choosing Brevard. “The fact that
it’s a small school and the
teacher-student relationship is
good,” Doc Wood stated. Mr.
Lovely replied, “Two factors
helped me decide to choose
Brevard. One, it’s one of the best
two-year schools in the country.
Two, it’s small and per
sonalized.” Mr. Woodruff ex
claimed that he wanted to get out
of graduate school, then after he
left Brevard for a year and
taught at UNC-A, he returned
because he missed it so much.
At this point, I threw the big
question at them: Do you think
Brevard has a serious
disciplinary problem this year?
Doc Wood:
ticularly.”
“No, not par-
Mr.Lovely: “Nocomment.”
Mr. Woodruff: “There is one
type of behavior which the
college cannot tolerate - mean
ness and physical violence.” He
said there are definitely more
problems this year than last.
Several people were asked to
leave school.
Question #4 - Is there any
particular improvement which
can be made in your department?
“The improvement has to come
from the students by coming
around for help,” Doc Wood
advised. Mr. Lovely replied, “We
are already working on the im
provements by adding classes for
the advanced students to take.”
“Yes, I feel very strongly that
the Religion department needs
some improvements.” Mr.
Woodruff went on to talk about
improvements needed in the
college community. “It lacks
spiritual equality, and we need to
advance the notion that we are a
tightly knit community and in
terdependent upon each other,
whether we like it or not.”
What was your biggest
frustration when you were a
freshman in college?
Doc Wood: “Trying to find the
time to fit everything in. ”
Mr Lovely: “Making the
transition from high school to
college and having to learn how
to study and structure my time.”
Mr. Woodruff: “I was my
biggest frustration. My own
worst enemy.”
Finally, I asked them what
advice they could give to the
students.
After giving the question great
consideration and thought, Doc
Wood answered: “Take ad
vantage of educational op
portunities here.”
Mr. Lovely stated, “Constantly
remind yourself of who you are;
be the type of person you would
be if you were still around most of
your family and acquaintances.
Don’t try to be like someone
else.”
Finally, Mr. Woodruff com
mented; “Nobody can help you
but yourself.” He also said the
answer lies in Matt. 9:1-7.
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by Scott Lafoy
Off The Record
As the house lights darkened in
the Asheville Civic Center on
November 2, ten thousand
screaming voices bellowed in
anticipation of one of the latest
rock and roll bands on earth. Van
Halen, a California based hard
rock boogie band, was about to
perform.
Van Halen exploded onto the
stage in a blaze of white hot,
mega decibel fury, prepared to
instill their rock and roll assault
on the Asheville public.
The band briefly warmed up,
generally building up adrenalin,
then blasted into “Romeo
Delight.”
Edward Van Halen, the band’s
lead guitarist, was hot as usual.
His unique ability to totally
manipulate an electric guitar
was displayed in full. Dazzling
riffs and deafening power chords
highlighted the performance.
Halfway through the show, lead
singer, David Lee Roth an
nounced that Edward Van Halen
had been voted “Guitarist of the
year” by “Guitar Player
Magazine.” With that in
troduction Edward embarked on
a ten minute solo, displaying
truly unbelievable ability and
technique.
Though possibly not as out
standing as the lead guitarist.
Van Halen’s rhythm section,
however, is not to be overlooked.
The grinding bass delivered by
Michael Anthony, and Alex Van
Halen’s powerful drumming
made for an unbeatable com
bination.
Last but not least, David Lee
Idealism-
Roth tied the whole show together
with his proficient singing and his
onstage antics when not singing.
Roth proved to be a fantastic
performer by singing well and
displaying highly energetic
acrobatical abilities by leaping
over the arena.
As a whole. Van Halen gave the
audience everything they could
have asked for, excluding, of
course, more playing time. Some
of the songs performed included
“Romeo Delight”, “Bottoms
Up”, “Running With The Devil”,
and many others. The concert
ended with Van Halen’s powerful
version of the Kinks “You Really
Got Me.”
Though I have seen Van Halen
three times, he is constantly
improving and certainly can put
on an excellent show.
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willing to tap their idealism,
willing to leap from their goals
of translating their education
into something materially
useful and nothing more. It
would take students triggering
the conscience of their' in
structors in demanding that
the education that is neatly
packaged and marketed now
be somehow made more
meaningful in terms of human
universals such as truth,
beauty, justice, love, honor,
courage, and, of course,
idealism.
It is indeed a tall order. The
success of such a venture
surely seems unlikely at best.
But then who would have
thought one man and twelve
friends could have changed
the course of the world. Or
how many had their doubts
that a group of rabble rousing
patriots could have suc
cessfully challenged the
authority and power of the
British Empire and won in
dependence for thirteen
outposts of civilization infused
with a sense of mission in the
wilderness of the North
American continent. The fact
that in those two cases and
millions of others there were
those who did not say “NO” or
listen to the reason and logic
of their contemporaries was
exactly the secret of their
success. It was nothing less
than their idealism that
sustaineii their hearts and
souls in achieving the im
possible. Thomas Edison may
have said it best when he
commented that there were
those who looked at the future
and saw no hope. There were
those who were soothsayers of
doom and gloom and those
who looked to the past as a
golden age lost forever. “I,
however, am optimistic about
the future and pledge myself
to making that future a better
place to be. For, I, for one,
intend to spend the rest of my
life there.”
To my readers who have
pondered this piece, I wish you
the vision to see a better
future for us all, faith in that
vision, and the courage to do
something about it.
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