Show She claims that she still can't spell But jook at the things she could do —- get a masters degree in child development from the University of Michigan and doctorate from the University of Maryland She served in the Navy and taught in Japan She also taught at the College of Southern Utah and in Provo in a classroom1 with 'regular-size- d one other teacher and 90 kinder - " ' gartners That was not so bad as it sounds1 she says 'They were basically all the same student — Provo was vanilla The varied populations of today's classrooms make teaching more chal- longing When she thinks back her career has been a continuation of Fox's fourth grade class Even in the academic aerie at Maryland 'they had the same philosophy j was exposed to in fourth grade You didn't have a set curriculum You worked with an adviser taking courses you felt you had to take1 Permissiveness with a lot of structure she calls it It's not for everyone — 'you can't force teachers to accept a philosophy that is foreign to them and for many teachers this is foreign' Its foundation she says is 'a great deal of faith in children' In fourth grade 'we studied about it then we did it We built pioneer cabins we made lye soap we went to see the mulberry tree in back of the courthouse We built an African says Today Kip Thorne wouldn't have found out about his mud hut in the hall We learned experience what these things were "You wrote about the things you were doing We interviewed older people Teachers encouraged you to lake a topic you were interested in ana find out all you could' As if on cue Allison Thorne walks in long ago her son Kip had been interested in the planets Reminded of their star gazing back then Thorne smiles and says "Now he's an astrophysi- cist Both Thornes will be receiving honorary degrees from Utah daily unkjnd to the arts 'We've taken music art drama — oh what you could do with drama! out of the classroom because we don't have time We've got to do the math the computer the science There's no time for music There's no time for living' Mind she has nothing against from ‘ State When she leaves Pugmire planets' His interest would be sacrificed to the teacher's schedule She imitates a teacher: "We're not studying planets right now' Time's tyranny has been espe- - technology 'But life skills have to come first How to get along with each other how to talk with each other how to solve problems verbally what it means to be liked ana how it feels to be disliked These are more important to me than how to use a computer' The hands-o- n approach has its limits In the fourth grade Pugmire did not feel the for example for hands-o- n ' need when ' reporting about the anaconda There were also limits on textbooks Zero tolerance in fact in that fourth grade and in Pugmire's classes forevermore Instead at the Whittier there was a library —'the first one in a Utah public school' — where 'you could go anytime you wan- ted' There you could pick a book on ariy level you wanted Pugmire could care less about the level it's the love of reading she's after One level was 'extremely high7 and that was the level of noise in Fox's class 'There was a lot of talking sharing of ideas mov- ing around' But no shouting Teachers would walk over to a group put hands on their ders and say 'Lower your shoulvoic- es'" If you didn't feel like reading oust m (Sache WmiuEY aiFMs ’ Simplicity' EUR3A VCUUUOBWERS IMH 0LXNDHAU5 ton itiwiiwn Parts Supplies and Service For all Makes - Hot— Omwi uElfM 745 North Main Logan (Across from Fred Meyer) 752-232-6 Training and x Experience Assures Customer Satisfaction 53 |