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“Tip of the Hat” M. ! By L’Asia Brown Features Editor Everyday, millions of children attend some insti tution of learning. They learn to read, write, spell, add, subtract, and various other miniscule skills that we began taking for granted a long time ago. Children gain confidence, esteem, and memento as they broaden their horizons and discover their en vironments. 1 reminisce of when I was in the second grade. It was Thanksgiving and I had just written my first long paragraph. It was approximately five sen tences...explaining what exactly 1 was thankful for and wfiat I wanted to eat. My mother kept the pre cious piece of work for me to cherish, and I still do. If I had never learned to read or write, I wouldn't be able to function in college, nor cherish my 12 year old piece of literary brilliance. I wouldn't be able to pursue my -passion of communicative arts. Had I not had great teachers, including my parents, I wouldn't be a third of what I am able to be at this moment. I tip my hat to the educator. You all, singlehandedly and directly, are literally shaping our very world. Humans are born into this world with a very lim ited amount of knowledge. We are restricted to our instinctual habits and behaviors...We must learn all aspects of taught wisdom. The human mind must be carefully molded and constructed into a valuable tool. From birth all the way to adulthood, we master more than a million individual pieces of information from which we incorporate into the functionalism of our daily lives. Rarely do we stop and give credit to those who shaped our intellect into the complexity it is today. When we balance our checkbooks, read our favorite novels, watch the weather channel, or travel abroad, we are honing in on mathematical, literary, scientific, and geographical knowledge that would inhibit us had we not had access to our respective educational journeys^ Teachers are some of the most underpaid, un derappreciated, and compassionate people in this nation. Educators face severely limited salaries at the elementary and middle grade levels. They are responsible for building the minds of our future leaders. Teachers serve as role models, confidants, adolescent delegates, and education activists. They are the foundations of our communities, creating positive learning environments. They foster safe re treats for children who face domestic violence or threatening home atmospheres. They manufacture geniuses...and America doesn't want to pay them half as much as those who manufacture cigarettes. Educators are the indirect backbones of intellec tual and economical progression. We go to grade school to prepare ourselves for post-secondary insti tutions. We attend colleges and universities to gain experience, professionalism, and discipline needed to ensure our marketability and competiveness when we are ejected into the national job market. While We soar beyond the suns and stars and our origi nal potentials, our educators remain on the ground, gassing their students with fuels of scholarship and erudition. Whether they be our parents, professors, or aerobic instructors, they give us the will to go. And when we fail or fall and return to their class rooms, they give us the courage to keep going. In many families, the old tradition of tipping the hat represents a gesture of thankfulness and grati tude. It is simple, yet strong. It is short and brief, yet memorable and everlasting. I tip my hat to the educator. We are not born into greatness...we must learn it from someone else. Hug A Teacher Take some time out of your day to thank the people that have contributed to your education. Give them a hug, an apple, or a simple thank you. We’re sure that they will appreciate it. Online Poll Results Revealed Question: Online Poll Raises Serious Questions By Ashley Smith Student Advisor How would your rate our student government? The lastest poll for The Voice has just con cluded, and it has left us with startling numbers. Last issue's poll question was "How would you rote our student governement?" and 60% of those that responded that you "didn't even knowihat we had a student government!" These results leave me a bit uneasy. Our student government receives a budget in excess of $70,000 each academic year, yet there are still people on campus that are unaware that the student government exists. This speaks vol umes about our student government's inability to truly govern the student body and look out for the issues that affect our students. We at The Voice hope that the 2008-2009 academic year will bring a new era of student government to Fayetteville State University. We challenge the Jefferson Administration to listen to the problems of students, and to work diligently to correct those problems. Is there something you want the student government to address. Leave it on our message board at www.fsuvoice.com/messageboard. Visit our website! New Online Poll Who are you going to vote for in the May 6 Primaries? ^ Hillary Clinton? Take the poll on our website: Barack Obama? www.FSUVOICE.com We Need Good Writers VoiceCopyEditor@yahoo.com Or drop by Rm. 241 in the RJSC Pg, 4 VOICE April 30, 2008
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