The Sharpened Point By Kimbal I Ingram gram iI iII s I had a difficult time coming up for a subject for this weeks week's column and as I dont don't relish staying up all night writing it was beginning to look like a week vacation But after interviewing a student for an article it became very clear that there was a subject that was in desperate need of writing and I as asI I try to accomplish it concerns Those who do read this column may have noticed a tendency that there wasn't very much positive to write about at least not from my my point of view Perhaps that is is' is because events recently on campus have not been positive And perhaps as a reasonably normal person I have fallen in a pattern common to most people Ill I'll only notice that which is negative or dramatic As known in inthe inthe inthe the news world a dog biting a man manis manis manis is n not t news but a man biting a dog is That which is good is too often ignored For no longer Where is this good to be found I Iguess Iguess Iguess guess it could be found just about anywhere because I really do believe there is good to be found in everything One of my better observations is that everything serves a good purpose purpose purpose-in in life even if its it's just to be a bad example But this good was recognized during the interview with a man who found success on the campus His success was his education An education education- that has helped his business thrive An education that overcame his previous grade formal tion An education given by instructors in in- in It was during our conversation that it to me the quality of our instructors here at I know of an instructor who has worked with NASA and still has an active interest in the cosmos This interest DOES find its way in to the classroom When I took English last quarter I felt I was going to be bored because of the lengthier English class I had at BYU I thought I I- I would just be writing more lengthy papers without con con- tent My instructor made the class one of my most enjoyable so far I have received unequaled support support support sup sup- port from my journalism Ji r t j. j thil i 1 1 it r tors They have been there more than ready to help even in cases when there might not have been agreement And I have found Jound in conversations conversations conversations conversa conversa- with other students that my experiences are not unique Simply said I feel that the in instructors instructors instructors in- in at are among the best a certain Pidcock excepted and they will continue to be so despite the anti anticipated arrival of new students next fall There needs to be r rapport between between between bet bet- a teacher and his or her students and I think Im I'm going to lose out on that aspect when I transfer to the University of Utah Even with with 30 students in my computer computer computer com com- puter class I dont don't feel ignored or forgotten much less a number The classes Ive I've attended have been well prepared to meet my needs in any subject If asked about whether I want a quarter or semester schedule I would say semester if only to spend more time with these instructors I close this week by asking two things of students Firstly that the students thank their teachers in class this week and secondly classes get together write letters to the editor and thank in public those who provide us great education under difficult cir cir- They deserve it As said in an early eighties film Youre crazy Im a teacher off I wish the fat cats who run this institution would consult a student or student representative when building classrooms You would have to have books the size of a card to fit on the desktops in these classes here at You have white middle class males making a year who haven't been in a classroom in 20 years designing these hese cl classrooms tand t and it sucks l There are no room on the desks for your book and notebook at once and the col color r of some of the rooms looks looks' like a drunk fool them It is not psychology to learn in some of these rooms and especially to sit in those midget size desks Woody Stelly J