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Show IVujc 2 The TfiurutiTbird Moiuhiv juiuuirv b, USSR fascinates Cotts BY COLOR PRINT FILM 12 exp $1.99 15 exp 2.39 24 exp 3.39 36 exp 5.19 January 6 10, 1986 StISC BOOKSTORE RON KONTOGIANN1S Absolute starkness grips the tourist as he first sets foot on Soviet soil simply because there are no lights on at the airport. The whole routine of going through passport control is just fascinating, according to Professor Jim Cotts, who visited the Soviet Union for two weeks last year. They scrutinize the picture in vour passport and your face repeatedly before they stamp your passport. said Cotts. Fortunately, the initial shock wears off. Privately owned automobiles are very uncommon in the Soviet Union but, public transportation is excellent in that it is very efficient and inexpensive said Cotts. In the evening, Soviets who drive down lighted streets only use their parking lights. The streets are kept very clean by the babushkas, who arc older peasant women, most of them World War II widows. The babushkas keep the parks clean, watch over the museums, and generally keep Moscow looking very pretty. C jot t s said. The Moscow metro is very elaborate, consisting of marble columns, tiled floors, and immaculate chandeliers." Cotts visited four cities: Moscow, Leningrad, Yalta, and Simferopol. Travel arrangements in the Soviet Union are made through the Intourist, which is a government-ownecompany. Requests of what youd like to do in the Soviet Union are sent to the Intourist and until you arrive there, you dont know what youre going to be doing or where youre lodging. An unknown fact about Moscow, a city of 8.5 million people, that startled Cotts was that there were no houses. Everyone lives in apartments. Another stunning feature that Cotts noticed while in Moscow are the number of monuments and statues commemorating the second world war, in which 20 million Russians lost their lives. Russians simply adore their children. Parents go to every length to see that their children are well dressed. According to Cotts, Soviet children are spoiled in every sense of the word. Cotts believes that the Russians take education far more seriously from the beginning than do Americans. Teachers, parents, and the government expect the students to learn. From the primary grades, the Soviet students are very polite and always stand when the teacher enters the classroom. Every classroom has a picture of Lenin hanging on the wall. Russian children start school at age 7, September through May, six days a week. At the end of eighth grade, Russian students take a special examination that determines the kind of school they are going to attend in forms (grades) nine and 10. Such schools include trade school, an ordinary high school or a special high school for science, music, art, ballet, and English. Students are required to take English classes for two years. English is the second language in the USSR. Cotts learned that Russian children are exposed to mathematical concepts at an earlier age than American children. Students that show promise attend special schools, and Cotts was fortunate to visit such a school for math and physics students. In the ninth form class, students were doing calculus, infinite series, and other difficult forms of mathematics that d ' (continued on page BREAKFAST FOR A DOLLAR! 927 West 200 North r I i Cedar City, I I i i i i i 84720 Scrambled Egg Platter LEAN MEAL DEAL I I Ut Regular Roast Beef, Small Bag of French Fries, $1. & Medium Drink. Offer valid with this coupon at participating Arbys through 12586 Limit, one coupon per customer, per visit, not valid with another offer or Junior Roast Beef. Expires January 25, 1985. Any Arbys & Toastix Lean Roast Beef Sandwich 500 Offer valid with this coupon at participating Arbys through 12586. Limit one coupon per customer, per visit Not valid with another offer or Junior Roast Beef Expires January 25, 1985 5) |
