The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 79, No. 38, Ed. 1, Sunday, February 17, 1991 Page: 2 of 18
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" ' Editorial Board
Batty Battros Brian Belt Wendell Edwards Amy Ellis Malls Enrtelay
Lance Fleming Bobby Gombert Lucas W. Hendrlckson We-ndy Hornbaker
Brandon Laird Katharine Potest Robyn Stultz H. Todd Thomas
Hussein's withdrawal message
was only an inadequate promise
The announcement of a possible
Iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait encour-
aged all of us on the way to work Fri-
day morning including President
Bush. But as quickly as our hopes of
immediate peace rose they Were shot
down.
; The excitement and hope were not
knitted to Americans either; Iraqi sol-
Sters celebrated by firing guns into the
ir as soon as they heard the word
withdrawal" from Baghdad Radio.
The message Saddam Hussein sent
however tumid out to be one of
promises conditional promises
Withdraw the U.S. troops link the war
to the Palestinian problem and then I
will withdraw from Kuwait Hussein (
said
The U.S. military didn't blink and
said it would continue with the battle
Mrs. Grumpier ponytails and Santa
I ran through the front door slamming
the screen door behind me. Bursting into
i tears I threw myself on the couch. I had
. been brave but nqw all the frustrations
of the day poured out of me.
"How was firt grade?" Mom asked.
"No one is friendly the teacher is
mean and you can't go to the bathroom
when you want to. She makes us go to
live water fountain In lines. We didn't
even learn to read. I want to go back to
kindergarten."
Mother gave me some cookies and
convinced me to go back the next day.
I started looking around. I needed a
best friend and finally found her.
She was pretty. She had long whitc-
blond hair. She laughed a lot. But most
i importantly the teacher liked her.
i The teacher liked Brenna a lot until
i she threw up on Mrs. Crumpler's shoes.
1 After that Brenna was another student.
' By that time we were sharing crayons
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towns of students; titles of faculty and
staff j ami hometowns of other Qpti-
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as planned. President Bush called the
announcement a ''cruel hoax" on the
Iraqi people and said the United States
would stilt pursue its original objective
full compliance by Iraq with the U.N.
Security Council resolutions. Bush also
said he heard nothing new in the '
announcement from Baghdad except j
conditions. ' '
Hussein's motives are unclear. Was
the announcement pure propaganda; an
effort to delay a ground war ait effort
to stop bombing long eiiough for fraq
to raise its head from a punkcr ami take1
a breath?
Some talk of surrender is better than
no talk at all. If Hussein had a legiti-
mate surrender in mind however it
seems he would have waved the white
flag fervently overhead instead of only
nudging a corner of it into the air.
and Aladdin paper. We learned to read
from books titled things like Going to
the Zoo and Shopping with Mother. We
agreed the stories were silly; but we
were learning to read so plot wasn't
important.
We did everything together. We played
at each other's houses Wc lived in mor-
tal fear of Brcnna's older brother and
antagonized my younger brother.
We both wore ponytails. We were '
Brownies and Bluebirds We learned the
importance of leaving things cleaner
than we found them a concept I still
have trouble grasping.
Brenna did things slowly and precise-
ly. She was careful when she colored.
She outlined everything with Magic
Markers. I tended to rush through the
pages making the dogs blue and the
trees orange. Mrs Crumpler did not care
for my surrealistic drawings She pre-
ferred Brenna's realistic ones.
Student quMtions
education editorial
To the Editor:
Young Thomas Jefferson and Ben
Franklin used to rise early do chores
and begin their education. They didn't
go to public school and therefore you
would say weren't very.pcer-oriented.
But maybe that was an asset when they
later formed the US government.
It is amazing how people renwmber
their school experience as horrible and
still carry emotional scars o( middle and
high school traums but tieUeve It is
the best way of educating. Maybe this js
because these people were indoctrinated
by those who had a vested image in the
educational systems' propagation.
The facts are that the U.S. education-
al system is crumbling. Literacyis
dropping while drug abuse; and tceri
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Writer's parents pack up and leave
I never thought the day would come
when my parents inovcJd out on me. But
in less than three Weeks Mom and Dad
will have packed and left without me
I've been on my own before but
never for very lon&
My first experience in the real world
by myself was in kindergarten when I
had to get on and off the scliool bus
without the help of my mom. I can still
remember the feeling of terror when in
the midst of all my worrying about
missing my stop I actually did miss it.
And I can remember .the looks on the
other kids' faces when I tokl the bus
driver site needed to take mc back.
My next brave venture was in about
third grade when my Bluebird troop
went camping. Mind you my mom pre-
pared mc with all the right equipment: a
flashlight sleeping bag pillow bug
spray and of course a particular mixed-
colored afghan I travel with to this day '
I knew that afghan could not protect
me even if k'had a mind to bwt it sure
felt good to know. Iked sonietning
familiar in such an unfamiliar place.
When it was time to take school pic-
tures we all lined up: short people o -
the front tall people on the back. Every-
one smiled nicely. The only person who
made a face was me.
We turned out OK
conefderlng Ufa's
quirky turn. Some-
times I wonder whet
happened to the other
children.'
Katie
Hooten
Off Beat
In second grade we had scarlet fever
together and learned "Swing Low Sweet
Chariot." Brenna was Harriet Tubman in
the school play and got to paint her face
black. I was jealous because I had to
pregnancy are rising. Yet you believe it
is a handicap not to be peer-oriented?
Why this is happening isn't clear.
Maybe it is because of overcrowding
and One expert must teach 30 students.
Maybe it's the economic disparity in
education dollars. Maybe it's because
the "experts" aren't as expert cs we
thought Maybe it's because we kick
Cod out of the schools. I don't know
why but anyone can see the results.
The reason Christian parents pull
their children out of public schools is
they don't want them taught humanistic
values New Age methodology and
"valueless' and ineffective sex educa-
tion. Tlve experts no longer listen to or
allow parental involvement.
I wonder if when the authors of this
editorial hand their children over to the
state their attitude will change.
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Wkh a few years behind me and
many other excursions that improved
my ability to venture out alone I decid-
ed to go to college. At an age when
most kids are anticipating a home away
from home I was dreading the idea of
dorm life. I knew I wouldn't do too well
'Nowthatrvebten
back at home more
thin a year nd perfect-
ly content with the situ
Mhn my parents have
decided to move
Robyn
Stultz
Through the Lens
away from my comfortable surround-
ings and needed my parents for support.
Wkh that in mind 1 chose to stay in Abi-
lene attend ACU and $)' dorm life.
SVetibMHytte fei oTbig tkwer to
AC0 andntving my owri place occame
attractive. But I knew I couldn't stay in
help form
stay white. In third grade wc learned the
mysteries of fractions and cursive. We
were Emerald City people for "The Wiz-
ard of Oz" which required the entire
class to be dressed in green cheesecloth.
In fifth grade wc checked out all the
"Little House on the Prairie" books from
the bookmobile and played along with
our parents about Santa Claus because
we didn't want to hurt their feelings In
sixth grade We took gymnastics and had
slumber parties. The unfortunates who
fell asleep woke up to toothpaste on
their nose and frozen underwear.
We turned out OK considering life's
quirky turns. Sometimes I wonder what
happened to all the other children. One
girl fell out of a bus when we were in
third or fourth grade Another girl suf-
fered brain damage when an 18-whecler
ran over her. Mrs. Crumpler has retired.
Several people are married.
Brenna still laughs a lot. Her hair is
Writer encourages
visitor friendliness
To the Editor:
Your editorial last Wednesday was
well taken; "... visitors could use a
friendly welcome from the student
body." The tone was not preachy and
the message is a good one
I would in love like to direct the
same sound encouragement to the Lec-
tureship" visitors.
As a student here during several Lec-
tureships I have never been met with a
frowning face or a grumpy greeting.
However I worked for a hotel and
restaurant during Lectureship while
here in the mid '80?. Although the
restaurant lauded the business it dread-
ed the clientele. One of the restaurant
managers said "We hate Lectureship
week'; the clients ore some ofthe
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an apartment by myself so I franticalljL
began a search for a roommate. With my
new roommate I moved out from under
my parents' roof for the first time. v
But as the semester progressed IV '
spent more and more time in my olov '
bedroom instead of the apartment. Twa
semesters of living on my own went byf
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Now that I've been back home more:
than a year and perfectly fcontcnt with '
the situation my parents have decided
to move. Many worrits ran through jiiy
immi oa iiivj iutu iin. rf iivh iau. j i
VTrirerc was i jjuiuk iu uvct tow wf i
going to stay by myself without going
insane? Worst of ill what would bapgw
if I needed somctl jing and my parents
were not there to 'uke care ofit? .- i
I had never realixd how important
my parents are to me all that they have!
done for me and how much I depended r
on them for a sense of security.
But I also know that never before'
have my parents let me down. I'm gM$
to miss you Mom and Dad. Good luck:
best friends!
Still lonp and UhltP.htoml An1 f rtnnl
think she has ever been as pretty as she 1
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la nun. tub icuiUGIS Mm niUM UKC fifl
because she is doing well in ichool.
When Brenna asked mc to be in her
wedding 1 said yes even though it
involved a bow in mv hair ami krv '
that hurt my feet. Everyone tame Iq theJ
wcuuing even wougn tne weather Was
bad. Peoole came from all nvrTia . .
and even from out of state because Bren.1
na is tne Kinu ot person people cross.
state lines for. Even Mrs Crumpler uL
there. r
Brenna and I arc now out of touch? ant l
flrwn't knnus nhniit m .1... - .-.. . . '
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in mc; i uon i Know wnat she is plan-
ning to do in the future beside being
married and finishing school. But none
of that matters because 1 know that no
matter where I bo or what I An !. I
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only a phone call away. She's still one.6'
in vcm menus
haughtiest rudest clients wc have all
year.
The restaurant workers nUn rni h.
week with mixed feeling looking for. 4
ward to hours of hard work with little S3
remuneration said one waitress of .!
many years "You can tell sontconc's5
religion by their tip. 'Church of Chris.
ters tip the lowest." U
Certainly these generalizations apply '
a J00""5 of our Lectureship guests. '
And I doubt the same observations
would hold true today years later.
Would they?
You the visitors must be the judges
of that. As visitors to our city we wer-T
5.mC y27ntl hPe yu w rat the
folks off the campus with tlw same
respect as those on the campus so thai '
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