phrase “It is more important that children write their thoughts and stories than pay attention to the spelling of words”, became known as “inventive spelling” and was accepted by teachers so therefore the spelling of words were not corrected in written assignments. This practice perpetuated an increasing amount of errors in all of the student’s written work. One reason stated for the acceptance of “inventive spelling” was that educators did not want to harm the self esteem of the beginning writer. I also began to realize that some teachers had other jobs after their jobs teaching at school, where the acceptance of “inventive spelling” for example, became a convenient reason not to thoroughly correct student’s work. When I attended public school, the quantity of assignments and instructional practice was much greater necessitating plenty of teacher time required, to correct the work of students. In my opinion, many so called “learning disabled” children fail to understand certain disorganized classroom procedures and the general dynamics of the classroom. In addition, it was not uncommon for one third of students in a classroom to be under the influence of the teratogenic drug Ritalin ingested for apparent concentration problems. The potential for short and long term detrimental effects of this drug on children and others warrants investigation. It should also be noted here that certain apparel worn by some students distracts other students from their studies. For example, shoes with flashing lights, regardless of what school personnel may tell one, causes a distraction to many people including students and teachers.
Retrospective: If I had been previously informed that the casket was to remain open during father in laws Russian Orthodox funeral ceremony, young daughter and son would not have attended this mass. I thought the process in the selection of a coffin to be bizarre and unnerving. It is my opinion that all people, after death, should have the same decent coffin. The first Bible our family received was thankfully provided by the arrangers of the wake. This Bible greatly assisted me by the beginning of this century, in the understanding of how religion, history, social studies, and science are interrelated. After reviewing father in laws hospital bill, apparently every greeting by a physician cost at least $100, as there were many charges on the bill for about this amount. In conjunction with a return to morality in the general society which consists of abiding by The Ten Commandments and avoiding Capital Sins and Abominations, to help correct the learning problems of children, a return to individual seating arrangements with a greater reliance on textbook, workbook, and writing instruction would likely eliminate the decline of student academic achievement that is so prevalent in the public schools today. It is also suggested that to significantly increase student achievement, Bible study should be incorporated into all public school curriculum because any education is grossly incomplete without this study. With the implementation of these suggestions, children become self motivated and self rewarded when good work is accomplished at school which eliminates the need for special privileges or materialistic rewards to be disbursed to students, for accomplishing school requirements. Perhaps the lengthy summer vacation should be reduced to prevent the loss of some school skills requiring extensive reviews in the next grade, to regain these skills.
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A war between El Salvador and rebels ends on January 16 after twelve years of fighting that resulted in the deaths of seventy five thousand people.