WHAT NEXT???
Sever*! months ago we again criticized the use of the
California Achievement Test taka "The CAT't because
the ivsuha were not used to help or assist the children hut
rather u> make comparisons between schools thereby
holding some up for undue criticism and establishing
"bragging rights" f?ir others, last week our point was
Anmntknlly illustrated by a front page story in a local
The headlines rrad. "CAT scores up but still short of
?fate." That aends a message to the entire stale that
Robeson County schools aic inferior to itthers in the slate.
The message simply is not true! The misuse of the CAT
aeoies continues to contribute to a mistaken impression
that somehow the scores are the final arbitrator of what is
"good" in terms of schools, teachers or students and
nothing is further from the truth!
The newspaper story went on the compare the scores of
Robeson Cuuntv children with other areas and to rank the
"progress" of various schools in Itoheson County. Note
that nowhere is it suggested these scores were in anyway
uaed to help students. As we have often |toinled out. the
CAT is given so late in the school year that its use in
helping children is virtually nil. The only possible use of
the CAT is to "brand" children for the next school year.
And based on the research which has been done a Is Kit
"self-fulfilling prophesy." our children stand a great
chance of suffering rather than improving as a result of
the California Achievement Testing program.
While the superintendent of Itoheson County's schools.
William Johnson, was quoted as saying he was
"delighted" at the overall improvement in lest scores,
thai does nothing to persuade or insure our children are
benefiting front such a testing program. It is our
understanding schools in North Carolina will no longer he
using the Cslifomia Achievement Test. In its place a
diagnostic lot designed to identify sludciH deficiencies
will he nmiv appropriate ?*/? if such a program also
includes an intensified. planned cfTuft l?i IV tin skate suck
deficiencies iluriiiK It"' ongoing sch?M<J year. It is o?>1
acceptable u> kirntify pn<tik*m* laic in tin- school
year--it's l?*> late then!
Kvetyday. siiiimW it happens and trt is means very
little to us |iersoually except under the right citvumslan
res. When it is in your family or circle of friends. you
cannot help but feel optimistic for the future.
fYifay, July IPth was just another ordinary day for
many of us but it was also a very unique day Item use
another "s|?ccial" imiivi?lual was horn and he xmn joined
a nsmi of nine other babies t we say "special" liecaiiNe. in
our view, that is what every baby is...s|iceial: the
nitificalion of the idea of a renewed sjitrit of unlimited,
boundless |H>tenlial exists once again! I.
Standing at the window, trying to gel a glimpse of the
new addition to the human race, we could not help but
think about the unique opporlunity this presents...here is
another |s>lenlial Kinstein. another Mother Tetvssa.
perhaps even another Silling Hull or a nsither with a
gentle smile and loving heart! What contributions with
these new additions bring to the world? How much lietter
off will we Ih> for having known these individuals'.' If you
think back on the birth of your ehihltvn or a friend's you
can gel in touch again with that spirit of excitement ami
hope.
While there is so much hardship in our world
today...so much unfairness, division, and "inequality...
somehow, staring at a newborn halty. everything seems
possible once again! Kenewal... renewed ho|>e...spirit...
faith. Then- is a plan and pur|>osc for our complicated and
oftentimes confused lives!
Only in Robeson
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1 know whirl) side of the dinner plate the sptsm. fork
and knife are placed. I also know where the water glass is
placed at a fonttal luncheon, and what wines are srnml
with what meats.
But how do you eat watermelon at a high elass social
function?
Since I didn't know how to handle this small detail at a
recent social event, I refuse to disclose when- the "melon
show" occurred.
Aa 1 entered the hard w?*id-floored dining hall people
were mingling and making their ways to a table filled w ith
sliced, red watermelon. The person who slictstahe niffon*
must have I icon a Northerner, .tmlhemrrs >Kre their
melons the long way and can get si\ slices from a single
melon. This sucker had sliced these melons across the
grain.
I watched others get their melon and place it on their
plates. So I did the same thing. The melon looked like a
red pizza with a green crust laying on my plate.
Then my question was. "1V> 1 use a fork, spoon or my
hand to eat melon in publir?"
I walked around awhile w hik* holding my melon plate as
if H was filled with jello. I eased over to a window table
and placed mv plate on it. 1 took my fork and tried to cut a
piece of melon front the center section i heart I but it kept
shifting around in the plate. I almost lost it a rou|?k- of
times, but with the use of my k-ft band and the help of my
right knee I was able to keep it on the plate.
Just as I was rutting a small bite size piece and before
sticking it into my watering mouth up walked one of the
ImUimK in mm* how I was doing. 11< *l<l her that I was fine
and thai I was having a good lime.
As she walked away I got litis great idea dial I would
cut my slice of melon in half and lake ii in my hand and
cat it like I do corn Invad. Ilul have yowever tried lo mil a
melon rind with a Iniller knife?
1 couldn't.
Then I wondeivd if it would lie |?m|ier lo use salt on the
melon. Anil do I eat down lo the pink?
I finally goi thai small piece of melon in my mouth.
Then I woraleW'il what to tlo with the seeds. lk? I spit them
<*t,or|th tput <hetUjntcsp>M>n and place them on the side ?
ormy plate'
Now lean eal the htlle. thin, while seeds. IhiI those big
black suckers with eyes remind me of sushi anil 1 can't gel
them lo go down. I eyed one fellow pulling his seeds in
the ruffs of his |tanls. Inn I was wearing blue jeans.
I lost again. ,
I wanted that melon so had. I looked across the dining
hall and spoiled a sol of French floors w hich opened to the
seventh hole of ihe golf course. I made a Iteeline to those
doors. I took plate in hand anil opened Ihe doors anil
walked out on that patio as if I had Iteen there a hundred
times. After closing the dsns I turned slowly to sis- if
anyone was looking at. or following In-hind me. A* I
discovered I was Hot twine, watched I made a mail flash
around Ihe comer of the building. I pin my plate on the
ground and grahlmd that bright red walenuekwi with Imth
hands anil buried my fact- into the middle with tin
manners and guslo of a hound flog.
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