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Show THETHUNDERBlR,.D·SOUTHERNUTAHUNIVERSITY•MONDAY, MAY 2, 1994 • PAGE 4 NO ROOM FOR ANY 'LEFT-OVERS' HERE ducatio n is a simple thing, really. The students come to school o n time every morning to meet a smiling, happy teacher wa itin g to impa rt a pleth o ra of fascinating and useful facts. There are never any discipli nar y pro blems, the parents are actively involved with their child ren's educatio n, and there is always enough money to go around. This assumptio n, unfortunately, is not true. For those students going into the field of education, these problems will become a daily war. Difficulties as ide, education is one of the most rewarding professio ns to enter. Perhaps the most difficult part of teaching, is wading through all the required university courses. The opinio n that the 'leftover' stud e nts , th e o nes who can't m ake it in a ny o ther professio n is often held in high regards by students. This falsity could not be farther fro m the truth. Certainly, in any preprofessio nal school there are 'left-overs' - many are found in medical and law school - but in educatio n, with the good teachers, it is all or nothing. Today there are no specific rules against loitering in ice cream stores, dying hair, not wearing dresses more than two inches above the ank le, o r wearing petticoats as there were in 1922, but a teacher must be friendly, outgoing, intelligent and willing to work, o r they wo n't wo rk as a teacher. Education isn't as simple as naming off a long list of dates and facts - that really isn't education. Education is learning to think critically about any subject and be able to decide between two opposing issues. It is gaining the confidence to say yes when everyone else in the crowd is saying no. A good teacher, the kind that every student remembers 30 year after the class, will direct his o r her students in learning to respect people and things and positively influence them. T his list is not a small matter, and the education student who becomes everything that his or her favorite eighth grade teacher was, has acco mplished no small feat. Because of the g reat res po n sibilit y p laced o n today's educato rs, the stud e nts studying to enter their ranks cannot afford to take their own ed ucatio n lightly. T he Depart men t of Educati o n has no roo m fo r t he ' leftovers.' The responsibility of tead1ing child ren to be responsible ad ults is placed o n the teachers, and hence, the future outcome of t his state and of t his coun try is also placed o n t he educators of the fut ure professionals. If t he responsibility is too great, or the pressure too much to hand le, maybe the to-be education student o r teacher should thi nk about goi ng into law school, or somewhere where there are more room for ' left.overs.' -roNIGHT ON AMER..l<AN GL.AP•A-roRS, w~ $EE A -&1uOeNT !>AAVE ,5UU'6 "~~ROADS Of DEATH!'., E THE THUNDERBIRD SOUTHERN UTA H UN IVERSITY • CEDAR C ITY, UTAH Editor RE""..S c.ue- q IL I f1J,-{et)lATELY FOlLOWS ~ I - LETTERS I SU officers are, if anything, underpaid TO THE EDITOR: I wo uld li ke to address a few accusations that were made by Jeff H oward (A pril 28). Mr. H owa rd sa id th at all SU U SA m em bers receive fu ll-n1ition scholarshi ps and large stipends. M r. Howard should have done some resea rch befo re pointing fi ngers. O nly a few SUUSA members receive fu ll-tuition scl1olarships and many members receive o n e. h alf tuition or less. These large stipends Mr. Howard mentioned, fo r most of SUUS A , ra nge fr om $50 to $200 per quarter. You must also understand, this is all these people are paid. They are not paid hourly or in a ny oth e r fo rm to provide you with the many activities and services you enjoy. I served as Intramural Director for two yea rs fo r S UU SA. Th e intramural directo r is respo nsible for programs that are enjoyed and util ized by 50 percen t of SUU 's student population and also many facul ty and staff members. SUU is o n e of only two u nive rsi ties and th e o nl y one (including junior colleges) in Utah, whose campus recreation program is run enti rely by students. At all these other instin1tions, the e nti re prog ram is run by pa id " professio nals." Weber State, for example, has a fu ll-time campus rec staff of 3 members three times the size of SUU, its participation num bers are comparable to SUU, beca u se Webe r is a co m m u te r school. As Intramural Directo r, was one of the few to receive a fu lltuiti o n sc ho la rs hip, $4 0 7 pe r quarte r. l was " paid" $ 1,800 pe r year, which pales when compared to the sa laries paid to run other intramural programs. Next time someone feels that the members of SUUSA are overpaid, I have some suggestions. Become more awa re a n d resea rch facts before accusing people of fa llacies, become less apath et ic and get invo lved eith e r by joi n in g a planning comm inee o r next year, run fo r office and become one of the elected or appointed overpaid elitists. Watch your op i nio n change. Shane Lamb )<nmf<r Morley An , Edi1or M,chelk Clcj!g Sport.s Edi1or John >.,kCloskcy Photo Editor John Gutnle.r A.soci.a,~ Ediron 11,alh<r Grttn, Dave Mean<> On C.mpuJ Edir.or Staceo,• Btm• AdvertUina ~ P Tra\'is Newman Foculty Advio<r lany Baker Th, Thuodrrbml " ruM,shcJ each MMday and Thur,day of m< academic 1-.ac bi• and lor ih< srud<nr bodv of Southern Utth Uni\·tr:my and 1s n0t affil,attd wnh tht UOl\<trsity'.s dcpamntnt of commumcation. Tht \ 1 ~ :and op,mons nprtsstd in Tht Timndtrbml art th05e of indMdual ~rn~rs and do noc ntttu:,arilr rcRN:t Ult \1tws of the insnnmon. f..culcy, staff cir student body in ~ntrnl. The unsigned cduorfal dirtctl~· aOO\·e is Uu.• orm1on of "Tht Tlu,ndnft1rd a, a smRic cnmy. letters to the e:d1ror must be t)'J"C<l and include the name and rhone num~r. O nly the n~mc will be printed . Names ~'111 nor be withheld under an)· cncumstmccs and the tdnor resef\·cs tdmng rnnleges. 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