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Let's Make Sure Our Kids Are Learning Special To The Post Education is no longer a matter confined solely to th« classroom. It has now spread to the courts of this country. Parents who have found their children passing from grade to grade and even grad uating from school still illite rate are taking action. Instead of the polished red apple, teachers are receiving sub poenas in "educational mal practice" suits. A family in Seattle, Wash, has sued the city's school system because their 21-year old son was allowed to grad uate from high school while still unable to read with suffi cient comprehension to obtain employment. The complaints and suits have brought Teachers unions to the point of demanding malpractice insurance as part of teachers' contracts with local school boards. ? North Carolina will face the same problems once Governor Hunt's testing program for comDetenov has h»n in«lihi. ted in the public school sys tem. The tests will be admi nistered to all grades, and those who cannot pass the test are not to be promoted. Un doubtedly this will contribute more to overcrowded situa tions in schools than an over night population explosion. The average high school graduate reads at a 10.7 grade level. If this is the average, the below average student is probably sub high school le vel, These deficiencies will place graduates back in school when a child was promoted although he had not reached the level of achievement his grade requires. He was passed on to make room for the next set of students who would occupy the space. Present teacher evaluation methods have failed to make parents aware of their child ren's academic predicament. No longer are A's B's C's D's or F's awarded measures of scholastic performance. In stead, a checked (check) eva luation is done. The student's . progress is what is evaluated. But is it done accurately? If a fifth grade student starts school reading at the third grade level and pro gresses to the fourth grade level during the school year, does that student deserve an excellent evaluation? This is the situation that is common in the North Carolina school system. And where is the solution to this dilemma? Is this states school system to continue in the proverbial "vi cious circle" in which its students are trapped? There is a push in North Carolina as well as in many other states to make mini mum competency standards for graduation a matter ai state law. Parents complaints about their children's deficiencies are legitimate, but many tea chers are afraid that the bla me for student inadequacies will fall upon them. They, too, have been victimized by the educational system but they can also do something about changing it, an advantage the students do not have. siaie laws tnat clearly spe cify the skills needed for a high school diploma are man datory if this problem is to be solved. Second, parental influence must be exerted to the extent that parents take an active part in evaluating their child ren's progress. And this en tails more than reading them a bedtime story. Parents shou ld listen to their children read on a regular basis and offer them help when the kids have questions at home. Third, teachers must make more qualified evaluation. His written evaluation should in clude a letter to the parents concerning their children's ac tual performance trends. Pro motions should not be granted if students are not performing at their specific grade levels. States require that students attend school until age 16. The least they can do is to make sure students come away with something to show for it. ? Thunder On The New Right By Bayard Rustin The "ultra-right" of the 1960s has been transformed into the "new right" of the 1970s. They have gained a new respectability by adopting a modern, sophisticated, and, sometimes subtle approach. Although the new right tends to be just as "pure" as the old right on the issues, they have become more pragmatic in pursuing their objectives. It is for just these reasons that they are all the more dange rous. Under present condi tions, the new right is a far greater threat than if Senator Bilbo came back spouting his old racist rhetoric. To be sure, the new right is not openly anti-black. Nonetheless, the new activism on the right rims against the interests of black Americans and other minori ties. The new right is not a monolithic movement. It is ^divided by subtle differences ™in emphasis, style, and strate gy and by the personal ambi tions of its leaders. The new right 1b more of an interlock ing network, exchanging sup port and information and uni ted by a basic agreement on political issues. Calling heavi ly on such old right figures as Senators Strom Thurmond and Jessie Helms, the new right is still determined ta exploit the discontents and manipulate the fears and in securities of Americans ta advance its narrow and divi sive political ends. One recent project of the new right is an impeachment drive against Ambassador An drew Young led by Represen tative Larry McDonald of Ge orgia, a member of the na tional council of the John Birch Society. As Young is worth more to the right in office than out, the real goal of this effort is to raise money. The apparent moving force behind the effort is Richard Vigurie, "the Godfather of the New Right," who raised $6 million in 1976 tor George Wallace. Vigurie runs a direct mail operation that raises $1S million a year for a wide variety of rightwing groupe. Vigurie has used his control of mailing lists to spawn a whole network of new conservative entities and to extend his influenece over established right-wing groups. The cam paign against Young is a peripheral concern of the new right, their priorities lie else where. Like the old right, the new right depends on hate, but their viliians have changed from civil rights "agitators" to "union bosses." If the right wing's primary enemy is the labor movement, its main vic tims are millions of ordinary workers. Just as the right wing attempted to destroy the civil rights movement, it now works to cripple the labor movement. The right wing has launched a well-financed and virulent campaign against la bor law reform, employing its usual techniques of exaggera tion. distortion, and fear-mon gering. It is already gearing up for future attacks on every major goal of American work ing men and women - national health insurance, full employ ment, tax reform, and occupa tional health and safety. That the right has switched enemies is of some impor tance. Just as the civil rights movement can be viewed as the engine of social change during the 1960s, as the new right recognizes, the labor movement is increasingly playing that role today. For millions of black Americans, a strong labor movement is the chiet hope for economic pro gress. Interestingly enough, the right wing campaign is directed heavily against pu blic employee unions, unions which have large black mem berships. Labor is, moreover, central to the possibilities for progressive and democratic change in American politics. Whether in the workplace, at the ballot box, or in the legislative halls, unions are the means by which million of working men and women can obtain some degree of control over the powerful and arbitra ry forces that shape their lives. A. EUGENE GRIER ...FDMANC vice president Grier Ejected To Board Of Mortuary Science A. Eugene Grier, President and General Manager of Grijr Funeral Home Service Inc., has become the second black elected to the North Carolina State Board of Mortuary Sci ence. The first black board member was A.R. Kelsey, owner of Noble and Kelsey Funeral Home in Salisbury. Grier is the grandson of the late Arthur S. Grier, owner and founder of Grier Funeral Service, and the son of the late Arthur Eugene Grier. He be gan his association with the funeral home while still very young. His formal education in cludes studies at Florida A&M University in Tallahassee, Florida, and Central Pied mont Community College. He is a graduate of the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science, Cincinnati, Ohio, and was also a member of the United States Army for three years, receiv ing an honorable discharge. urier now serves as first Vice President of the Funeral Directors and Morticians As sociation of North Carolina, Inc., a State and National Board Member, also the past President of the Western Dis trict of Funeral Directors As sociation. ■ He is affiliated with Grier Heights Masonic Lodge No. 752, Epsilon Nu Delta Mortua ry Fraternity, a member of Grier Heights Presbyterian Church and is on the Board of Directors of Big Brothers As sociation of Charlotte. He is president and General Mana ger of Griers Funeral Home Service of Charlotte and Mon roe. Schorr Covers Two Carolines With Camera } Andrew Schorr crisscrosses the two Carolines and finds interesting live styles from the very simple to the very gla morous, Friday, November 25th at 10:30 p.m. on WBTV Channel 3. His zig-zag route begins in Addor, N.C.with a visit to see Caleb Berry, a kind man with an unforgettable character who spends his days watching the trains go by. In Charlotte, Schorr meets with Dan Hutson, an underwa ter expert on lost golf balls. Then it's down to Fort Mill, S.C. for a bit of exercise with the employees of Springs Mills at one of the most impressive recreation centers anywhere. And finally Schorr winds his trip up in Blowing Rock, N.C. to find out what ever happened to the nationally known enter tainer, 'Oliver.' Andrew Schorr and his ca meraman Terry Lorch didn't really accomplish all this in one half-hour, but assembled some of their favorite "Caro lina Camera" features for this presentation of "Down Home With The Carolina Camera." Read the Charlotte Post Each Week. It's your best source of news about the people you know. Nicest Thanksgiving Includes Something Old, Something New c,ven me cook wno loves 10 experiment is not likely to tamper much with Thanks giving dinner: her family wou ld rise up in protest: So far be it from us to suggest any rash departures from the usual •tuffed turkey, cranberries and pumpkin pie. There's nothing to be lost, however (in face, everything to be gained) by the introduc tion of some splendid new variations on old recipe the mes - such as this scrumpjipus Giblet-Com Bread Dressing, for instance. The addition of Human Beings Are Semi-Tropiral Animals Human beings are essen tially semi-tropical animals. Our bodies at rest and un clothed are designed to main tain their internal tempera ture effortlessly with the ther mometer at about 85 degrees However, with last winter be hind us and the chill of this winter almost here, keeping comfortably warm has be come the national pasttime. How do we stay warm? We achieve cold weather comfort in part by generating more heat in our internal furnaces and, in part, by conserving that heat. The most important source of internal heat is our mus cles. They use about 70 per cent of the food energy they consume, at work or at play, in heat generation. Under a verage conditions body mus cles produce enough heat to boil a quart of freezing cold water every hour. So when you stomp your feet and wave your arms while waiting in the cold, you are stoking your muscles to an even higher level of heat production. If you don't exercise volun tarily to build up the heat in your muscles they will take over themselves, involuntari ly by shivering. Under extre me conditions of exposure, intense shivering may even save you from freezing to death. As one doctor has said, "It's largely shivering which explains why many are cold but few are frozen." une οι me most severe problems that cold weather brings upon us is the clanger of frostbite. If you are caught in sub-zero temperatures and reach shelter chilled to the bone with nipped fingers and ears, what should you do about it? Don't follow the ancient suggestion to rub the frostbit ten parts with snow or ice. Doing that only compounds the problem. Recent research has shown that the immediate applica tion of gentle warmth leaves you with less tissue damage and less likelyhood of infection or gangrene. You should be brought into a warm room as soon as possible, given a warm drink, and either wrap ped in a warm blanket 01 placed in a warm tub of water Too much heat should b« avoided. Don't use a heal lamp or a hot water bottle, anc don't expose frostbitten area: to a hot stove. After the finger, or othei affected part, is warmed, ex ercise it and let the musclet warm it. chicken broth and chopped green pepper to the mort familiar ingredients make il extra good And if you have never used corn bread in a dressing before - well, you're in for a treat (For your convenience, we've included the recipe for our own favorite corn bread with the dressing recipe). Who says that all the fresh cranberries must be served up in a sauce. Save a cupful for this delectable Oatmeal Cran berry Loaf, which makes such a different and delicious ac companiment to the pig Bird As for the pumpkin pie, like other holiday favorites, the only recipe change permitted is one for the better And Paragon Pumpkin Pie fits the bill. So what's new about it. you ask? The presence of corn meal in the flaky crust for one thing, the plump chewy rai sins in the pumpkin filling for another - both unexpected tas te treats. So feel free to indulge your yen for "something new." We predict these recipes will join your list of tried-and-trues ! Giblet-Com Bread Dressing Makes one 12-lb. turkey and I1* quart casserole One 12 lb. turkey 2 cups cooked and chopped giblets One pan corn bread, crumbled 5 cups toasted bread croutons 1 teaspoon salt . ^4 teaspoon pepper 1 teaspoon sage 1 cup chopped celery l/s cup chopped green pepper One-third cup butter or mur garine. melted 2 eggs, beaten 1!4 cups chicken broth Heat over to slow (325 de grees F>. Brush turkey with melted butter and sprinkle lightly, with salt and pepper. Combine giblets, corn bread, croutons, salt, pepper and sage Lightly saute celery, onions and green pepper in butter; add to corn bread mixture. Add eggs and broth tossing lightly. Lightly stuff dressing into t body cavity and neck region of ' turkey Skewer cavity closed Tie legs together Place breast side up on rack in shallow baking pan Bake in preheated oven (325 de grees F) to an internal tempe rature of 185 degrees F . bast ing occasionally with melted butter. Bake remaining dress ing uncovered in 11 ; qt casse role in preheated oven 1325 degrees F. ι during the last 45 minutes of roasting time. Corn Bread 1 cup enriched corn meal 1 cup sifted all-purpose flour •i teaspoon salt 4 teaspoons baking powder 1 egg 1 cup milk >4 cup melted or liquid short ening. Sift together corn meal, flour, salt and baking powder into bowl. Add egg. milk and shortening, stirring until in gredients are well blended Bake in greased 8-inch square baking pan in preheated hot oven (425 degrees F. ι for 20 to 25 minutes. let Post want a (l s iv or k fo r you (1 i a I 392 1306 Get Prompt Results June Hayes June Hayes doesn t look like a typical graduate of our switchmen s training school And she isn t A native of Chicago June Hayes attended our switch men's training school to prepare herself to do her real |Ob personnel officer for the Southern Railway in Atlanta To be able to match prospective employees to the right job June had to learn the ms and outs of over a hundred |Ob categories As well as all the different signals and rules of railroading In fact the frequent seminars and other training opportunities are what this Georgia State University graduate particularly likes about the Southern 3 3 J 3 3 3 η 3 I 3 1 1 As part of Southern Folks June s future is br.qht because Southern s future is bright Railroading is one of America s real growth industries Railroads now carry more freight each year than all the trucks airplanes and barges combined And by 1990 we expect a 143 percent increase in railroad traffic levels We thihk this means a profitable future for Southern Railway and Southern Folks CMJTHE01N] Τ Hi RAUVW SYSTtM THAI GlVf S A G«f Ν UGMT TO INNOVATIONS • * * Sell Subscriptions ForThe · Charlotte Post And Make Big Money ! ! f , Call 392-1306 IVALUES GALORE ON FIRST QUALITY VALUE TO $2000 YOUR CHOICE TOPS & PANTS $999 "Pregnant & Pretty At Popular Prices" Choose from the largest selection in the Carolina s 10 - 6 Dafly 10 - 9 Fit 1-6 Sun. 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