4The Daily Tar HeelThursday, May 21, 1992 L Teaching Fellows grads going back to school By Jennifer Ingram Staff Writer For the first graduating class of Caro lina Teaching Fellows, the education has just begun. The 55 students who graduated in the University's May 10 commencement ceremony are the first to enter the sec ond phase oftheN.C. Teaching Fellows program, which receives its funding from the N.C. General Assembly. Teaching Fellows scholarships, avail able at all 16 UNC-system campuses, give students $5,000 each year in ex change for a promise to teach in North Carolina for a minimum of four years after graduation. , The program provides "an opportu nity for the best and brightest to pursue a. career in teaching when they might not have done so otherwise," said Bar bara Day.directorof the Carolina Teach ing Fellows program, the University division of the N.C. Teaching Fellows program. Mark Kleinschmidt, a 1992 Teach ing Fellow graduate from Goldsboro, is planning to teach high school social studies. "I think I'll be fortunate that I'll be able to do something in the field I love immediately," he said. But Kleinschmidt said he also found there were certain drawbacks to the program. "The rest of my friends, if they can't find a job here, they can go anywhere," he said. "I have to find a job in this finite space." The strength of the Teaching Fel lows program lies in the experience it provides the student, said Holly Drerup, a graduate from Charlotte. "Right now, I'm glad I have a leg up," she said. Teaching Fellows begin preparing ' for careers in education their freshman year, when they are placed on 15-stu-dent teams, assigned a mentor a professor in the School of Arts and Sciences and attend monthly semi nars featuring educators from across North Carolina. During their sophomore year, stu dents get their first in-class experience, spending two hours a week at a local high school. Then, along with other students in the School of Education, Teaching Fel lows spend one semester of their senior year student teaching. Kleinschmidt said that because of his Teaching Fellows experiences, he prob ably was more prepared for actual class room teaching than other School of Education graduates. "There's no way the School of Edu- HE'S NOT HERE on the Village Green presents Doug Clark & The Hot Nuts Split Decision KARAOKE Sing Along 522 523 524 Don't Forget our Tuesday Night Specials 61.75 Blue Cups 942-7939 IT feeV 1 I w W v We are known for, rugs, bed and tabl covers, gins, cards and jewelry University Square Chapel Hill 967-8935 WE BENQVATEDTHE OUTSIDE OF OURTHEATRE -i I f , I .1 J I I I I I If J H3 H1B 35 FAR iSS AND OVAWAY 4 j"--VVfc UNIVMSAU I 8UPeH70 OWUHMRSUCOT STUMS, INC. -c.T,-.. VJiIElE HII STC.1I JIG! r.TCTC WIS Itffcf ff nos A CHILUN' NEW COMIDY IN FULL NUNDERVISION. STraawRT"s to ri tF cation can teach you (everything)," he said. "You learn about diversity and history, then you can go in, and with your own knowledge, make a decision. Some communities are very poor. The priorities are different in some schools. Most other education majors wouldn't know that." Drerup said her student teaching ex perience enabled her to get a feel for the frustrations currently facing American teachers. Drerup taught ninth grade civ ics at Durham's Hillside High School. As a part of her classroom instruc tion, she engaged the students in de bates, a mock murder trial and mock congressional sessions. In these sessions, "things always worked out in the end," Drerup said. But Drerup said that after leaving her position, she felt she may have misled the students about the country's social conditions. The acquittal of four white Los An geles police officers accused of using excessive force on motorist Rodney King may be a more accurate depiction, she said. "I never showed (the students) the reality," she said. "I felt I should have thrown something in there to make them think. Now it's left up to someone else. I always have a problem about sending them mixed messages." Because of their Teaching Fellows experience, many students say they feel they have a competitive edge over other education majors. "I suppose the biggest advantage of being a Teaching Fellow is that school systems are specifically trying to hire us," said Yolanda Lyght, a 1 992 gradu ate from Chapel Hill. "At the Job Fair, saying that I am a Teaching Fellow was like saying a password which opened special doors for me." Lisa Bowers, a senior at Chapel Hill High School who will be attending UNC next year as a Teaching Fellow, said she was aware of the program's growing reputation. "My original plan is to be come a teacher, and I think being a Teaching Fellow will help me get a job a lot easier," she said. The problem with today's teachers is that they become resentful of the pro fession because they don't think they can do anything else, Drerup said. "I made a promise to myself that if I wake up and don't want to do it any more, that's the day I'll quit," she said. Day said the N.C. Teaching Fellows program is an investment with lasting dividends. Part of this can be attributed to the rigorous screening each applicant goes through. A maximum of 60 students are cho sen each year to be Carolina Teaching Fellows. This year, more than 400 stu dents applied, Day said. Dragon s Garden Our beautiful atmosphere and our delicious food make us the ideal place to bring your special someone please come and join us! 929-8143 407 W. 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The Friday Center is located on Laurel Hill Parkway, 2 miles west of Interstate 40 off Highway 54 " ill . i fill U ,i, '.- :TI Cool Jazz & Ice Cream Wednesday May 27 7-9 pm Great Hall The Qrefig QetbSiving'Bancf Free Concert & Dance Bring Your Partner Presented with INC Elder Hostel Cartoons & Comedy Short Films plus Free Refreshment 7:00 pm Thursday May 28 Union Ccboret Films Include: Bugs Bunny Charlie Chaplin Daffy Duck Laurel and Hardy Road Runner The Little Rascals Speedy Gonzales The Three Stooges The Marx Brothers PICNIC IN THE PARK June 9 7:00 PM Polk Place Deli owner brings slice of Middle East to West Franklin St. By Donna van def Dijs StaffWrito- Jamil Kadoura says the key to run ning a restaurant is keeping prices low, having a good time with custom ers and maintaining quality. "The key is to keep good food here, to be consistent," Kadoura said. "You want your customers to come back " Kadoura opened the Mediterranean Deli at 418 W. Franklin St. about five weeks ago. He and his mother had been considering opening a restaurant for a long time. Some of the food served is cooked ; at home by Kadoura's mother, and other dishes are cooked by Kadoura : and his sister at the restaurant. "All my mother's recipes," Kadoura said. The Mediterranean's prices range from $2 to $4, and the restaurant is open from 10 a.m. to 1 1 p.m., Monday through Saturday. Kadoura, who hails from the Israeli-occupied West Bank, comes from a Lebanese and Palestinian back ground. His father was married to two women, and he has a total of 1 6 broth ers and sisters. Kadoura came to the United States about 14 years ago and went to the Minnesota School of Business for two years. After that he began working in hotels. "I started as a dish washer and ended up as a food and beverages director.'" he said. He worked at, the Durham Hilton and a Marriott in Tennessee as restau rant manager and at the Omni Europa Hotel in Chapel Hill as food and bev erages director. Kadoura has been in the Triangle since about 1984. Kadoura, who works in the West Franklin Street restaurant most of the : day, said most of his customers were American "There are hardly any Arabs here," he said. Many who eat at the Mediterranean ; Deli have had contact with Arab cul ture, he said, adding that many know the dishes and a few even speak some Arabic. "A lot of vegetarian people also like the food," Kadoura said. Carlos Haas-Castro, a customer of the deli, said he enjoyed eating dinner at Kadoura's restaurant. T love it, it's great," he said. Ruben GarciaOjeda, also a cus tomer at the deli, said the food is more flavorful than at other restaurants. "It's very spicy, adds flavor," he said. Both Haas-Castro and GarciaOjeda said that the food also is healthy and inexpensive. GarciaOjeda said he liked the people who work there and the good service. All the Middle Eastern specials are : served on pita bread and contain veg etables. "Most of our food is from New York," Kadoura said. He said he buys much of the food from a Lebanese company that im ports it from Lebanon. Of all the dishes sold at the Medi terranean Deli, the Falafel and the Gyro are the most popular, Kadoura said. The Falafel is made of chick peas combined with spring onions, pars i ley, other herbs and spices, deep-fried and served in pita bread with salad and tahini dressing. The Gyro is a mixture of beef, lamb and spices served with lettuce, green pepper, onions and cucumber sauce : on a grilled pita. Other Middle Eastern specialties served include stuffed grape leaves, Kofta and Tabouli. For dessert the deli serves Baklavah with pistachios or walnuts and Ballourie with pistachios, Kadoura said. Colonel Chutney 's Brings the Caribbean Magic to Chapel Hill! with Live Reggae Music? and Tiki Bar Specials! Mickey Mills & SteeI Sunday Night 10:00-on looters Bahama Mamas Zombies OnCy $2.00 cover Tatio0puOpen! Colonel Cttutney's Bar Grilt, 300 W. 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