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Show Get to the politicians now that the elections are over, it is time for the people of the area to begin their lobby for the reforms that they feel are needed in Now All Power to the Parents Senator Orrin G. Hatch Washington Dateline At least since the time of Aristotle, it has been an accepted historical truth that the fate of a nation depends on the education of its young. The quality and methods of our own American educational system have been called to question for several decades, but i i nas iimis criticism mciuaea me oruy recenuy ' very subjects taught. These subjects, aimed at the elementary and secondary level, are more oiten man not designed Dy tne Department of HEW and subsidized with taxpayers' money. The Kohlberg program is a case in Doint. Dr. Lawrence Kohlberg, director of the Center for Moral Education at Harvard, fathered a "theory of the stages of morality." This "theory" is predicated on the notion that in the final analysis, there is no right or wrong. Simply another version of the secular humanist creed, Kohlberg's law elevates to the highest level of the ethical pyramid what feels good or what seems right. The Ten and our own civil or Commandments laws which are not ambieuous on "positive" the subjects of murder, or theft, or are to take a back seat, in "sixth Kohlberg's system, to his stage of consciousness." Professor Kohlberg says, "A person in the sixth stage can and should violate laws he feels are unjust. This is a principle of moral justice we consider preferable to the common morality as expressed in the laws of the land or the Ten Commandments." In a nation abound with liberties, a citizen enjoys the corollary freedom to be neurotic, and Professor Kohlberg is not the first American to elevate his neurosis into a 'system' which he calls a 'theory of morality.' But the Kohlberg system is being taught in our public schools. As a "innovative in the defined as programming" concept and Secondary Act, (E.S.E.A.), Elementary it is polluting the minds of elementary and secondary school children in Pittsburgh, Pa., Tacoma, Wash., and Rochester, N.Y. So, children in these schools are being taught that it is O.K. to break the law. This is one of many bizarre examples of the way in which school children are being indoctrinated with a philosophy totally inconsonant with our culture and morality. It is a perversion of our educational system, one perpetrated beyond the knowledge or consent of parents and guardains. That is, until now. Before the close of the 95th Congress, an amendment was accepted to the 1978 it goes some amendment to E.S.E.A. distance in returning into the hands of the parents power over curriculum testing and the kind of psychological probing cited above. This "Parental Consent Amendment," introduced by me and by many of my colleagues, was accepted as part of the final bill and signed by President Carter. In short, my amendment requires the written and informed consent of parents or legal guardians before students can be subjected to any form of psychiatric testing, behavior modification probing (i.e. as in the Kohlberg example), or any other form of examination which is not scholastic aptitude or achievement oriented. As a result, now no student will be required to undergo this kind g of testing or to reveal personal information about his or her family life without the prior, written and informed consent of the student's parents. Although the enactment of the Parental Consent Amendment has been hailed across the country as a victory for a parent's rights, the victory is a tactical one in the context of a larger conflict between two groups about what is best for the education and development of our children. Within the Department of HEW, there are those who place the educational emphasis on the three R's reading, 'riting and 'rithmetic. They By wife-swappi- so-call- so-call- mind-bendin- Just Things White Canes Remember those funny looking guys in the yellow and purple vests who each spring take a week and stand around shopping centers various governments. and street corners asking for donations and if Each of the elected state representatives you donate they give you a little white cane? will start to receive information from Did you ever wonder what has been different groups who will be asking the happening to that money over the years? legislature to consider their pet pieces of This next week area residents will have the legislation next January. Most of them will opportunity to see what happened to some of cost the taxpayers of the state money. the money collected by members of the Lions But the one group that is not organized and Clubs from all over the state. has no paid lobbists in the legislature is the The Utah Lions Mobile Screening Clinic man on the street. will be touring most of the area cities offering Legislators will be asked to allocate money free health screening for anyone wanting to for schools and for cities, for welfare attend. programs and capital improvements. But the The money from the annual white cane sale guy on the street even if he has some good has always been used for good sight program to promote will get no attention conservation by the Lions Clubs but now the from the legislature because there is no one up mobile van is offering a real service to the there to lobby his position. people of the area. So now is the time for the little guy to get his the Lions Everyone should oar in while the legislators are relaxing after Clubs of the area forcongratulatean excellent providing the campaign and before the professionals service to their communities. get to them. are outnumbered, however, by those who support the popular trend among professional educators to turn our schools into psychiatric clinics, clinics concerned less with what children should know than how they should feel. In my opinion, it is a primary reason why we are faced with a generation of children in which too many suffer emotional problems, and all too few graduate from high school or college with adequate reading or writing ability. Regardless of one's particular preference for or against the "New Education" which is purported by some to replace the traditional method of instruction, most reasonable people will agree that in the final analysis the decisions concerning the education of small children ought to rest first with the parents. Not a teacher, not a school administrator, not an HEW bureaucrat, not a Harvard education specialist, but a parent ought to have the final say on what a child is taught in our schools. The Parental Consent Statute returns to parents an important legal weapon for their arsenal. However, it is now the responsibility of parents and local school organizations to assure that this instrument is used. The fate of our children, as with our nation, requires our vigilance over those who for the "best" of reasons would exert the most harm. d ever-increasi- Dear Editor: The regional director of the U.S. Department of the Interior has written a memorandum to all lower Colorado region on elimination of sexual supervisors discrimination. It says: In a memorandum to the Heads of Departments and Agencies, the President emphasizes that every resource of the Federal government is to be applied in eliminating discrimination and based on sex. He states that ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment will remain a priority with the present Administration and further directs the Head of each Department and Agency to (1) make the most of public appearance opportunities to demonstrate the Administration's commitment to the Equal Rights Amendment; and (2) include in public speeches, where appropriate, language emphasizing the importance of ERA and assure that similar language is included in the speeches made by officials of their Agency or Department. Accordingly, I am asking each supervisor and manager in this Region to comply with the above directives regardless of personal preferences or political opinions. This is not to be considered a partisan issue, but one which Federal employers are now obliged to support. The ERA hasn't even become law yet. And as the American voter is waking up to these facts, I believe it has less chance than ever: Nowhere in its three paragraphs does the ERA say the word "women." What it does say is that the Federal Government will have far more power over the individual and that there shall be "no exceptions" on account of sex of the individual. As has happened before in the case of Title 9, a few so called "simple" paragraphs will be followed by reams of bureaucratic regulations ending many of our few remaining individual rights. Is it really the business of the President to lobby for and influence legislation of a Constitutional amendment? Isn't he misusing his authority over these government employes? Read again the last paragraph of this directive, if you dare. Remember, ERA is on the ballot in Nevada. Carol Garbett Eagle Forum: Stop ERA Salt Lake City, Utah By Jim Landers Taxes continue to be the primary discussion among most of the people that I come into contact with this week. Everyone has concern over their property taxes, their sales taxes and whatever else. But few people seem to have much concern over the income tax paid to the federal government. As for me I would rather pay my local taxes and forget about the federal income tax. With the taxes that are paid locally the public has some control over how they are used. But on the federal level the control is almost completely lost. and Sure we have senators representatives in Washington. But they are literally bashing their heads against a brick wall when it comes to fighting off the give away programs of the Eastern liberals and fighting off the lobbists of other liberal concerns. "I can't understand why I'm not happier. I have everything a loving wife, three wonderful children, a beautiful home, a successful business, and a live-i- n accountant to handle all my government forms." C M?M By Kevin Hadlock High-wa- y' Mergi!?Mergi!?" With the elimination of some of the local taxes there will be some cutting back in local governments and most of the cutting back can be easily obtained. But after the cut back we still need some government agencies and there has to be a way to pay for them. "Wow!" I commented. "That's the strangest set of French thank-you- 's I every heard ..." "Thank-you'nothin'," retored the taller boy. "She was just tryin' to get us to let her in . . ." What will happen is that local governments will look more and more to the larger governments to come to their aid. And with that goes the loss of local control. "Yeah," conceded his friend "That freeway entrance at 9400 South turned me with a didn't have any classes at the University last Friday morning, so I thought I'd go up the hill south and visit the old high school. It'd been years since I'd sauntered through those "circled halls," so it was with great anticipation that I approached the main entrance. As I burst through the doors with arms outstretched, my eyes fell upon a most peculiar seen. There, ll in the circular corridors were students, all moving in the same direction (some were facing I wall-to-wa- forward, some were facing back; but they were all moving in the same direction). Now, I'd especially wanted to visit the library; so, trying to remember its location the best I could, I wedged my way into the traffic flow. As I did so, I asked a couple of freshmen (one tall, the other short) where everybody was headed. "We're goin' to lunch," replied the tall boy, fighting for breathing room. "Lunch?" I queried. "Why, it's only 9 o'clock." "Look, buddy, I know what time it is. I didn't graduate from junior high just yesterday, ya know. You gotta get an early start around here, or you don't make it on time." many classes do you miss usually starting this early?" "We've never really been sure. Probably three . . . maybe four. And that's on a good day. On a bad day, it's - well - it's bad," he shook his head. "Real bad..." "Man!" I exclaimed looking around, "How do you guys even know when you've reached the How cafeteria?" "It ain't easy," answered the short kid, signaling to change lanes. "One day, we went around in circles for 61 k hours before we finally got off." "That bad, huh?" "Bad! ? You try findin' your way home from Draper in the dark, fella ..." "Draper?" I echoed. "Far out "You'd better believe it," retorted the tall lad. "But still, it wasn't all that bad. In fact, it was kinda neat seeing a new side of the valley "Bri9hton ..." Sound half-smil- e. on, too ..." About then, we passed a French class. In the door was a little brunette shouting, "Mergi!? s, ..." I replied knowingly. "Oh Then, remembering why I'd come to this road rally in the first place, I asked, "Hey! Do you two know which exit, or entrance, I take to get to the library?" "Library? Did you say library?" asked the tall lad innocently. "I don't think there is one in this place..." "Wait a second," interrupted the other, pulling out a road map. "Let me check this out here . . . OK, the the triangles are classrooms circles are oxygen stations . . . hmmm, nope. I don't see any lib . . . hold it! There it is! There's the library! And it's right in the ... Dial "Oh, good," I sighed. "At least that hasn't changed . . ." "Hold on a minute," blurted the navigator. "There's an asterisk It says, 'Library closed here until January 1, 1979 for rePlease use detour surfacing. through wrestling room.' I guess that means you're outta luck, sir." I suppse my disappointment showed, because at that point, the short kid, tugging on my jacket, consoled, "It's all right, mister. You'll be outta here by dark . . ." We finally came to a break in the seemingly endless row of lockers, to the two boys, so I said good-by- e and shoved signaled, my way through the opening. Somehow, I was fortunate enough to have emerged at the main entrance of the building. I fought my way out the glass doors and onto the sidewalk, then staggered to the car, where I collapsed in total exhaustion beneath the tailpipe. As I lay there, I couldn't help but chuckle at the thought that all those kids were probably learning more about life while going around in circles than they ever would have in the classrooms, anyway . . "Socialism is a system requiring you to give one of the cows you own to Under neighbor. your Communism, you have two cows and the government takes both and sells you milk. Under capitalism, you'd best sell one cow and buy a bull." ... Is something bugging you? Do you haye a comment to make on a wants to hear from you. Call and tell us what you think about any6 weekdays thing. Dial between the hours of 8 a.m. and 12 noon or 1 and 5 p.m. No need to give your name. 255-355- 255-355-6 Since West Jordan passed a truck ordinance governing where the trucks can travel, a resident on the old Bingham Highway has noticed that more trucks are using that highway. Her concern is that the road curves and truck drivers cannot see Someone (I don't know who) wrote the following tongue is check description of the various forms of government. It does seem to hit the nail on the head. middle..." current issue? The Sentinel Off! Much is being said about the trends of government in the United States with some claiming that we are approaching socialism in this country while others say that we are and socialist are already approaching communism and still others claim that we are still a captialistic nation. the dangers. There are no sidewalks in the area, and school children still walk along the highway to get to the school. Truckers are asking the council for an alternative road they can use, and this resident does not want the 3400 W. street to be the alternative. This one has to fall under the heading of the bad story of the week. We have heard about a person who had a very filthy mouth in other words, a very obscene but this man had the individual secret of cloning. He was so very proud of himself, not of his mouth but of himself as an individual, that he cloned an image of himself. The clone was just as bad as he was extremely obscene and so he pushed the embarrassing clone off a cliff. can't convict a man for a murdering clone because a clone n individual, really isn't a but the law got him evidently, anyway. Now you God-give- Why? For making an obscene clone fall. while back 8600 S. from 700 E. to E., Sandy, was resurfaced, which is just fine, says a woman driver, but what happened to getting the lines painted? She feels tha this, should be done immediately, before there is an accident. She also said a section of 7800 S. has been resurfaced too, but the lines on the street are still lacking. A 1300 Midvale recruiter suggests that the Sentinel change its News of Men in Service column to News of People in Service or to Those Serving Our Country. |