Show School and Home Homr r I by y 4 Dr Daryl Doryl J J. J McCarty Executive Secretory Secretary Utah Education Association Back to basi basics s Theres There's a term were we're hearing more and more these days among people discussing the schools That term is back to basics Everybody's talking about basics but there is no complete agreement about what the basics are One educator puts it this way It depends on how far back we want to go goto to the basics If we go back to Socrates for fori i Instance tance we find that his idea of basics was art music and poetry Many Americans think reading writing and arithmetic when they're asked for a definition of the basics When this happens teachers wonder that people want to go goback goback goback back to the basics Weve never left the basics teachers say to me CERTAINLY reading writing and arithmetic are fundamental to progress ss in schools How could a student do dowell dowell dowell well on a social studies test if she couldn't read her tier textbook How could a high school student figure figur his income tax jf if he hadn't yet mastered the times tables Educators will continue to stress such basics and you as a parent can help te teachers chers with them Here are some ways Play word games with your YO young ng children Have them look for objects indoors ors or during walks or 01 whose rides names b begin gin with the same same sames sounds When maintenance and repair activities are going on at home ask your children to help take and record measurements Work with them to make certain certain certain tain they importance of accuracy Encourage young people to recognize the relationship of good writing to clear thinking They should know that that even even on such a talk medium as television writing is an an important important im im- factor in the production of ofa a program program or or movie Such lessons lessons' can be very in ort t IG s Ai I i 19 I oJ i T 3 8 oJ of J 0 It 3 I An Extra Ham Improvements in in feeding and bre breeding ding have brought about changes ch in in pork production production production pro pro- in the last 15 15 years The rhe average hog tod today y yields yield 2 14 pounds more of lof lean leani meat meat about about the weight of an extra than ham than the average average average aver aver- age hog 15 years ago But the total weight difference between between between be be- tween to today's days hog and yesterdays yesterday's yesterdays yesterday's yester yester- d days day's ys y's is less than 2 pounds |