The Oshkosh Northwestern from Oshkosh, Wisconsin • Page 14

"What Young People Think" Oshkosh Northwestern 14 March 30, 1961 City's Teens Want Advice by Teachers Four Oshkosh students were ter, though, if teachers wrote ad- Report Cards Are Graded High By Most of Nation's Teen-Agers vice to each student on his report unanimous in agreeing that report card." cards were for their own good. A progress report on scholastic Bill Tritt. 16. subjects is necessary, they said. Questions Asked Should report cards be abolished? How did you do on your last report card? Excellent? Good? Fair? Poor? Were your marks justified? Did you fail any subjects? Who was to blame? Teacher? Parents? Yourself? Were you punished at home? Was the punishment fair? Do you get rewards for good grades? Should you be rewarded for good grades? Should you be punished for bad grades? Printer's Error OLYMPIA, Wash.

AP) The Rt. 1, Oshkosh, ninth grader. "I'm against the system. A lot of kids compare their report cards with others, and a By Eugene Gilbert President of the Gilbert Youth Research Co. Maybe teen-agers wouldn't like this to get around too much, but report cards are a good deal more popular with them than adults, particularly parents and teachers, might suspect.

But three of them did want something besides grade: good, solid advice from their teachers on how they can improve their work. Two suggested combining the "essay" and grade type of report cards. One liked the grade system, -and a fourth -wanted essay report cards only. lot of feelings get hurt. It's not fair.

I'd rather get a teacher's writ-how he thinks Adoption Of Quads Okayed WASHINGTON (AP)-A Minneapolis couple would be permitted to adopt a one-year-old set of Korean quadruplet girls under a bill passed today by the Senate and sent to the House. The bill would permit adoption of the babies by Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Bussman, who adopted two other Korean babies two years ago. Bussman is employed as a payroll clerk.

The Bussmans live in a six-room house with two bedrooms. The quads' mother died in giving birth to the girls and their father has agreed to their adoption. The babies are now in an orphanage in Pusan, Korea. LAMENT NEW YORK (UPI) The New York Herald Tribune to- day published the following letter under the heading "Note to scientists," from E. S.

Til-lotson, an obviously harassed motorist'; "Help yourselves to outer space. Take your moon and star Give me just some inner place Where I can park my car." Pam Engel, 14, ten opinion on you're doing, and what you should of 342 W. Sixth ninth grader. "I like the present report card sys- whole batch of directories for the 1961 session of the legislature had do to improve." Eddie Wollangk. 14, of 2027 Doty ninth grad- to' be hurriedly collected and j' afc3 tern.

We getler. Report Pat Comfort, Republican repre itTuu car as fLV Not as popular, perhaps, as birthday cards. Christmas greetings and similar seasonal visitations, but popular enough to defeat any move toward abolishing them. We put the question directly to S73 high school students across the country: Should report cards be abolished? No, answered 70 per cent of the participants in this survey, with, the girls (76 per cent' slightly1 more emphatic about it than the' boys 1 64 per cent). Most of the youngsters agreed; with 18-year-old Ann Rogers of; Lawrenceburg, Ind that report sentative from Pierce County, was listed as a Democrat.

sadly enough, are rewards for a good one. The days of going "behind the woodshed" because of a bad report card are gone and, every nine weeks. I like to know how I'm doing, and if I get a low grade I can that subject in good idea, but I'd like to have teachers give their opinions on each subject and the progress Ore. In the vulgate, this means she was denied the keys of the to improve," commented old Judy Burk of Waterloo, Iowa. And a 15-year-old Newark, inclined to blame the teacher (50 per cent) than themselves (43 per jcenU, while girls were more apt blame themselves (60 per cent) family car.

Swork harder on "I got lectured," reported 16- you're making. year old Rita Rosenblum of than the teacher (30 per cent). evaluation given in the privacy of a teacher-parent-student conference. "A cumulative report by individual teachers as to the characteristics of the student rriight be the answer," suggested 17-year-old Keith Silliman of Eugene. Ore.

the future. There's only one thing I don't understand. I got an in one subject, and a on Otherwise, you Brooklyn, N.Y. In the whole survey group, none learn if you're good or bad in a subject, but not what to do about blamed their parents. Only one teen-ager, among the progress in that subject.

You more than 900 interviewed, said can't make any progress once you it. Sometimes report cards make I The days when a bad report card meant a trip to the wood- he got a beating. get an A. you feel bad." Carol Ann Albinussen, shed are gone forever. And so too 14, of Those who were punished were about evenly divided on the question of whether the punishment was fair.

1621 Georgia ninth grad I apparently, are the days when a good report earned the bearer a silver dollar or a trip to the boy, who didn't give his name, had this to say about the new-wrinkle in report cards: "If I want to be psychoanalyzed, I'll go to a head shrinker." I Perhaps the unexpected popularity of the old fashioned report card is due to the fact that most of the youngsters we interviewed were doing fairly well in school, i When asked how they fared on their last report card, 18 per cent said "excellent," 49 per cent said "good." 27 per cent said "fair" and only 5 per cent said "poor." Only 10 per cent of the 'girls and 14 per cent of tfie boys failed any subjects on their last re- er. 1 like get movies. Donna, the grounded Oregon no TOP DUt A0 VAtUB SlHCt 179 i Only 17 per cent of those who came home with a poor report card received any punishment at cards "make students work "They create competition, which is sometimes undesirable," said 17 year old Arlene From-chuck of Brooklyn, N.Y., "but they are a necessary incentive to great number of people." A few defended report cards on the grounds that they help relieve parental anxiety about the progress in school of their teenage offspring. "Your parents want to know-how you do in school." offered 15-year-old Steven Bergen of New York City. "They couldn't get along without report cards, even If we could." Most of those in favor of abolition suggested some kind of alternative, such as a personal letter from the teacher or an oral lass, had no complaints: "If was car(js because my fault and I deserved what ljjt keeps you 8ot-" up to date on The boy who got the your progress, however, was of a different mind.

Nine-week it wasn't fair," he comment- riods allow you ed. "I tried my best." enough time to Rewards, when given, usually, do something i Essays Not Popular There was a mixed reaction to- ward the essay type report card now in use in quite a few schools across the country'. This substitutes evaluating remarks by the teachers for the traditional scale of grades. "Better than report cards, more 'personalized, but not practical," was the verdict of 17-year-old Al-bertina Fernandez of Brooklyn, NY. Others found the essay reports revealing enough about them-! selves but not sufficiently informative about the rest of the class.

"I would much rather know how jl am doing in comparison with my classmates, so I can strive r5 home and only 26 per cent of those who came home with a good report card were rewarded for their i efforts. I In rare cases when punishment took the form of extra privileges after you learn you're weak on a Irk aSS subject. I think it would be bet- at home, a dinner out with the family, tickets to a show or sport (port cards, which probably accounts for the fact that 69 per cent of all students interviewed felt that their marks were justified. Parents Blameless? Of those who did fail one or imore boys were more 'AM was meted out, it took the form of being deprived of the family car, denied free use of the television set or kept home from the weekend hop or bowling session. "I was grounded," confided Donna Mattox, 17, of Eugene, ing event or a slight increase in; the weekly allowance.

An overwhelming majority of teen-agers were opposed to both Too Little Ability; Too Much Automobile MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) A youth learning to drive in a borrowed car was arrested after a Do You Knew That Woolworth't Have New totter flower Shop? Favorite Easter Plants Easter Lilies $1.98 Up ROSE BUSHES in Full Bloom A REAL SPECIAL -J-J Other Favorites: Azaleas, Begonias, Gloiianias Mums and Tulips rican Uiofctj Lorge Color Assortment ond Variety of Kinds rewards and punishments for re-port card verdicts. Surprisingly, is no specific reference. But by (the paper and your name on the and large it is a sound rule of; first page. Or put them on a sep- however, those who favored pun- writing to prefer the concrete to arate title page in front of every lsnments tor bad marks (18 pen downtown chase and charged; with: Running four red lights, follow the abstract You CAN Get Better Grades After you have written your first copy of your paper, put it aside overnight.

Now read it again. As you read, thing else. Neatness will help you get a better grade. When the teacher gets such a paper, he has a good feeling toward it before he reads a single word. It is easy to read, -88' (check it for soundness of thought.

ing too closely, driving the wrong day on one-way streets, having no driver's license and two counts of leaving the scene of an accident after sideswiping parked vehicles. "It was just too much car for me." said Robert Sutton, 17, after Wednesday's wild ride. D. with the idea of making your first I You discover, after letting and he will be able to pay atten- LESLIE J. XASOX.

Ed. By cent) outnumbered those who sought reward for good marks (10 per cent). "The sparkle in my parents' eyes is reward enough," commented 15-year-old Miriam Sloan of New Y'ork City. And, at the opposite side of the coin or perhaps at the bottom end of the report card came this comment from 19-year-old Beverly Conquest of Seymoud, "bad marks are punishment enough." 55c BAKED MACARONI AND CHEESE With Crisp Cole Slaw, Tender Sliced Beets, Warm Clover Leaf Roll With Creomery Butter HARRY KAR.NS copy a finished product. juesi oveimgm.

mu cenain.tion to its meaning. Your outline is the skeleton of Remember as you write need to made clearer. Tnis word of cautjoni however: your written report i words are tools to be used fori0thers may make more sense if: Do not try to substitute neatness In the last chapter we talked: nveying ideas. If they do notlshifted lffenl Psltlons in the for content. If a paper is genuine-about how to build the skeleton! convey your meaning, you havejPaP-Ju ay.

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iiicjf uu mn iu uc vui i clwu6 fcicinmiMi, necessary to make your paper "literary." spelling, and the punctuation. both neat and sound I i If it ie or nil rtncoihlo trv in If you have performed all the other steps faithfully and well, this should be one of the easiest vo-, Zn 'ttD. Those stePs. in summary, are: 0f -jl icaouiary so you can unoersiana wnen! paper from your teacher. 1.

Understand your topic. i everything you read, but of you write do not try to show off iaKe ine v' norne aSain ana 2. List the possible sources your big words. 1 rewrite it to include any helpful material. A hich school eraduate of todavihints he may have offered recognizes about 50,000 words but! when you feel that you have actually uses about 10,000.

A col-idone everything possible to pro-lege graduate recognizes about an effective paper, you are L. Be Simple i Specific 70 fim hut Qftn.n liens ahnnt IS icauj iu inimc a uucu vicau 000. John Milton used on 11.000 iW- and Homer 9,000. Play It Safe Neatness is IMPORTANT. This The Right Word Here are some suggestions that I is a child of yur brain- Wash his hn enwt iho fhntiface and hands and dress him in 3.

Gather a substantial amount of useful material. 4. Outline your paper. 5. Expand the outline, trying to produce a finished paper.

6. Use clear, simple words and sentences. 7. Put the paper away overnight, then read it again for soundness of thought. 8.

Read a second time to correct grammar, spelling, and punctuation. 9. Try to get a preliminary criticism from your teacher. 10. Make final changes.

11. Produce a NEAT final copy. (NEXT: Solving problems.) (Copyright, 1961, Better Grades) his best. Try to produce an errorless copy, written in a clear script or on a typewriter, if required by your teacher. Leave ample margins.

Follow the teacher's directions will do the best job for you: 1. Choose the familiar word rather than the unfamiliar. 2. Use concrete terms rather than their vague cousins. When you mean "black," say "Black" not "dark." When you mean "tulip," say "tulip," not "Flower." Don't say rodent if you mean I about details of form.

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