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X Septeniber 6,1901 I ' Page 3 V-; . . ..■A,. »• ^ - Kilpatrick From Page 2 lower economic slopes, the picture is bleak. How come? One study after another has come to the same conclusions on the same evidence and offered the same recommendations. Our public school students have an average school year of 180 days. In Japan and most European nations the school year is 200 days or more. Our school days are roughly 8:30 to 3:30. The high school student in Japan goes from 8 to S, and puts in half a day on Saturdays. At every grade level, American students have less homework than their foreign counterparts. Our schools, generally speaking, are weak in foreign languages and higher mathematics. Relatively few American students take physics and calculus. Thousands of our teachers are themselves poorly educated. In some states a new teacher may pass a competency test by getting 47 right answers out of 104 questions. In a book scheduled for fall publication, Charles Colson and Jack Eckerd And an explanation of "Why America Doesn't Work" in the moral laxity of American society today. Public schools, for the most part, shy away from instruction in moral values. Sex education becomes value neutral. As the statistics on teen-aged pregnancies indicate, old-fashioned discipline has yielded to a pathetic permissiveness. We are a marvelously tolerant people. We tolerate the wrong things. If President Bush could gel his head out of the clouds of euphoria, perhaps he could provide the down-to-earth leadership toward reform. But public education is prinuirily a slate and I^1 responsibility, and if the picture is to improve it must improve locally. Where to start? in the nearest minor. James J. Kilpatrick is a '^atioHolly syndicated columnist. ntEE CATALOG Cwvtrmmtmi Moots M yomr tafjr fm CMUUog , Bm 37000 WuhiiWon DC 20013-7000 REGISTER TO WIN AN APPLE' MACINTOSH' COMPLTER SYSTEM survival kit We have some essential financial aid every college student needs — First Union’s Collegiate Banking® Express. Now that you’re in college, making the grade is not your only quest; eliminating the danger of running out of money is also important to your survival. Your CoUegiate Banking Kit Includes: • Your choice of two money saving checking options: No Minimum^” or Organized^"^ checking. • Fast Money®“ service for quick transfers from your parents’ First Union account to yours.* . Free 24 Hour Banking at all First Union 24 Hour Banking Machines. • First Union VISA® with no annual fee for the first year.** • Bounced check protection when you qualify for Instant Cash Reserve.'*'^** To receive a Free Collegiate Banking® Express Kit and register to win an Apple® Macintosh® Computer and StyleWriter® Printer,*** mail in the coupon below or stop by any First Union branch by September 30,1991. Plus, when you open your account you will receive "The College Student's Financial Survival Guide," a helpful reference to get you through college with fewer financial hassles! • Nol availtihlr in Trnnessrr and Florida **Offer valid on approved credit only with parent'a at- signalure, or student may qiudijy on hix/her own. ***You muxi he at least 17 years of age and possess CorvvHt niiarantoo I* ® valid proof of college enrollment to enter. Nopunha.%e CSVrVKC. TT C \ilUiriUltCV lU „quired. Orawmg will he held Oi toher 7. mi. CLIP AND MAIL Winner will he notified immediately. EXPRESS REPLY Name Address City State. Zip. College You Attend Social Security Number. Mail To: First Union Corporation 301 S. Tiyon St Chariotte.NC 28288-0363 Attn: Coll^ate Banking Manager □ Yes! 1 am interested in Collegiate Banking^ Express. Please se^ me a complete account opening package. □ YES AGAIN! Enter my name in your FREE Apple Macinto^ personal computer sweepstakes. CI99) FW Uiwoo Corporaoon 9II9S •msBr CI991 Appk CitropMicr. Inc. Apf»le.thr ApfMc Miicinitihh wid Siykwritcr are rcfiMcrcd trMlcmurk\«tf Apptc Oimputcr. Iim:.
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