Show LETTERS J to Df f TOR I 1 think that if I 1 had been the cne of the many teachers In Inthe Inthe Inthe the audience at the meeting of the parents on April I would have found lound much of i the overly frank discussion I about the difficulty of hiring teachers in Moab a degrading experience Im I'm sure it was unintentional but the implication cation catlon was that only the teachers who cannot get jobs In lu better places will come cometo cometo cometo to Moab I 1 think I would have said to myself If this Is such sucha a notable poor place to teach I J had better look Jook elsewhere for next year As parents and hence laymen laymen lay men educators we should be Interested In bettering our schools and I am sure we are all willing to cooperate In Inand Inand inand and way However there Is a time and place for everything Through our duly elected se school C ool board we hire specialists special special- who select our teachers our curriculum our textbook etc since these thes are arc things thing that for lor obvious reasons cannot cannot cannot can can- not be determined by public discussion As in any democratic democratic demo demo- cratic system if there Is dissatisfaction dis- dis satisfaction then the school board election is the place to evidence this Many rumors about some of the teachers have been definitely but In Inthe Inthe inthe the meantime their gooc good public Images have suffered suffer suffer- ed irreparable damage Would It not be better If Jf we in Moab assume that the many rumors rumors rumors rum rum- ors that are spread here are false until proven true Another complaint was that too much i emphasis was placed placed pla pla- ced on Sports Listening to other parents they complain that too much emphasis is Is' placed on Band or Dramatics or Chorus etc All children cannot excel in all things but ut ea each h child needs the these security security se se- security se- se of excelling at some some- thing hing The discipline the abrasion abrasion ab of a group experience exper exper- lence ence learning how to be a follower before one can learn i to b be a leader aleader all are important Jm- Jm to the formulation of stable table active future citizens Our schools with their complement complement com- com of specialists are best jest equipped to offer this sense sense of achievement to cur children and I for lor one am very grateful to the many hours of unpaid overtime spent pent by our teachers to make these opportunities to find Ja- Ja tent talent possible for my children and your children Could ft lt t be that we as par par- are guilty of not providing provid provid- ing the proper social climate and prestige for this educated I ed cd group of teachers In our midst thus making It a more attractive place to teach We entrust our money to our local lo 10 local lo- lo cal bankers and because they are bankers accord them prestige and status We entrust en en- entrust en- en trust the minds of our children chil chil- dren to our teachers Should they not be accorded even more prestige and status than our bankers The future of our democratic civilization lies in the minds of our chit chil ch 1 dren not In our money Sincerely Kay Tipple Tippie |