Polk Central parenting project: (from 1. to r.) some of the students
who took part, Anna Pack, Crystal Littlefield, Jessica Spivey, Dci-
rdra Hall, and Erin Terrell.
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Ninth Graders Learn Parenting Tasks
Visitors to Polk Central dur
ing the week of March 25th
may have noticed students
walking through the halls car
rying small baskets filled with
eggs, both cooked and
uncooked. Was this some sort
of pre-Easter celebration?
A closer look revealed that the
eggs were not dyed, although
some had faces painted on them
and others were wearing bon
nets. Most were tucked com
fortably into their baskets sur
rounded by blankets and toys.
A few baskets were equipped
wit h baby bottles.
Cynthia Terrell, Health and
Physical Education teacher at
Polk Central, says she assigned
the egg basket project to her
ninth grade students as a way of
helping them experience some
of the responsibilities of par
enthood.
Her students were required to
carry their baskets around for an
entire week to classes, to the
lunchroom, through the halls, to
home and back. They were
cautioned not to be careless
with their tiny charges - drop
ping them would amount to
child abuse. "If you drop a real
baby," said Terrell, "it might
become brain damaged. Even
its physical growth might be
affected."
Students couldn't ignore their
sgg-babics, either. Their need
for food and changing had to be
considered. Egg-babies
couldn't be left in a locker.
Their "parents" had to think
about them all the time.
This was a heavy lesson for
ninth graders to learn, 'Terrell
admits, but what better time for
young people to discover the
meaning of parental responsi
bility than at the age of fourteen
or fifteen, when many arc
beginning to date?
Tenell came up with the egg
basket idea while teaching a
required ninth grade course
entitled, "Sexuality, Commit
ment, and Family."
"The egg-babies go every
where their parents go," she
said. "If the parents want to
step out for the evening they
have to hire a babysitter, and
this costs anywhere from $3 to
$5 per hour. Or they can place
their children in a nursery. A
gain, this is expensive."
Said Erin Tenell, a student of
Terrell's who, along with her
classmates, seemed to take the
lesson seriously: "Having to
pay attention to these eggs
really helps you learn about the
responsibilities of having kids."
Shannon Hudson, one of
twelve boys who took part in
the exercise, said he didn t mind
carrying around a basket of
eggs for a week, even if his
friends thought the whole thing
was a joke. "Why shouldn't
boys learn what it means to be a
parent?" he asked.
1992
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Dessert-Card Party
Date: Thursday, April 30, 1992
Time: 12:30 to 5:00
Place: Tryon Youth Center
Cost: $5 each; $20 per table (contributions are
welcome)
Proceeds: To finance the second annual math and
science awards for area Sth grade girls
Contact: Nancy Worsnop 894-2741 for tickets