Show Mrs Alfa Alta G. G Moffit Wins State Honor The skirt mini-skirt I dont don't fight It Ive I've been through so many fads and they only last a a. a little while Mrs Alta Gassman Gassman Gassman Gass- Gass man Moffit fit said philosophically Tuned In to the problems of 12 through 15 year old girls from 33 years of teaching ex experience experience experience ex- ex Mrs Moffit said Instead Instead Instead In stead of asking How long do you want your skirt I ask the girls How short do you want It Mrs Moffit a home economics economics economics econom econom- ics teacher at Kearns Junior High School W. W South has been named Utah Teacher of the Year for 1969 by the office of the Utah state stat superintendent of public Instruction She will represent Utah In the National Teacher er of the Year Award program sponsored by Look Magazine In cooperation with the National Council of Chief State School Officers She admits that In cooking classes The teacher cant can't cater to the taste of the students All wed we'd fix would be pizzas and hamburgers Instead the teacher must make other foods attractive Mrs Moffit said For Instance when learning to make salads each pair of girls made a different different different dif dif- dif dif- ferent kind Its lot harder on the teacher but this kind of preparation keeps the girls In Interested Mrs Moffit said A native of Ephraim Sanpete County Mrs Moffit learned home homemaking making skills l in her pioneer pioneer pioneer pio neer home In teaching girls how to manage their own homes I 11 like Jike to teach the practical things not things I dont don't use and know they dont don't use she said that women must learn how to manage themselves themselves themselves them them- selves their time and equipment equipment equipment equip equip- ment Mrs Moffit said most women find homemaking a chore because they dont don't know how to do things the easy way In sewing Mrs Moffit re reminds reminds reminds re- re minds the girls anybody can spend money but everyone doesn't spend It wisely While women used to sew to save money the emphasis has now changed to sewing for a better fit better style and for enjoyment the homemaking expert said Mrs Moffit views home economics economics economics eco eco- as a creative field as creative as talent In art artor artor artor or music She lamented that families today eat out of tin cans and paper sacks blaming the loss of cooking skills both on a mechanized fast moving so society society society so- so and on poor management of homes I 11 tell my girls never to tomake tomake tomake make homemade bread If 11 they ever want to stop because men wont won't eat store-bought store bread after they taste homemade Mrs Moffit said Speaking about her personal teaching techniques Mrs Moffit Moffit fit said Students like specific directions They feel safer with specifics cs But she cautioned They must have enough leeway to develop Initiative Mrs Moffit encourages her girls to evaluate their own cookIng cooking cooking cook- cook Ing and sewing on a check sheet she developed herself The majority dont don't rate themselves as high as I do she noted The energetic Mrs Moffit who describes herself as quite a driver often has to remind herself to slow up When she meditated on her retirement at the end of this school year Mrs Moffit blinked back tears I 1 Just enjoy teach teach- 1 Mrs Alta Moffitt iff dont fight it if Ing she said simply Mrs Moffit began teaching In 1925 at Helper Elementary School She then married and gave up teaching leaching for 10 years When her husband died In 1936 Mrs Moffit enrolled at Brigham Young University and In 1939 received a bachelors bachelor's degree In home economics She was Vas a a member of the faculty at Ephraim Junior High School until 1953 when she Joined Snow College as a home economics economics economics eco eco- Instructor and dean of women Mrs Moffit married again In 1955 and her husband died In 1960 In recent years she has taught at Price Junior High School and at Kearns A mother of three children Mrs Moffit has been an officer In the Utah Home Association Kearns Junior High Principal Principal Principal pal Lee C C. C Brown said Mrs Moffit commands the respect of students and fe fellow teachers She devotes much time and energy in making her Instruction tion lion successful Mrs Moffit has devoted her life to the education of our children Elmer J. J Harvig- Harvig sen Granite School District superintendent said |