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...annoyance of the state's teachers, James has ordered that achievement tests be given to students in public elementary schools and has suggested that a method be devised to grade teachers as well. His object is to pinpoint problem schools. James has also proposed diverting $70 million from the state's sprawling, 58-campus higher education system to elementary and secondary schools; Alabama now ranks 47th in the nation in expenditures per pupil...
...student who asked to remain unidentified said the $7 "rounding up" represents a full third of the $20 reduction in cost which Carter's budget guidelines forced the school to cut. "I object to the in cost which Carter's budget guidelines going to argue about...
Most students will not object to the increase since it will provide more funds for clinical programs, he said. These programs offer practical law experience in the community...
Something which affects many members of the population, such as health care, is a legitimate object for government regulation. However, the regulation of an act which would affect only the individual involved, such as mountain climbing, is ridiculous. Mr. Yates neither needed nor wanted rescue parties to be sent out. They were sent out because he had violated a regulation established by the people through their elected representatives or the laws of nature...
Secondly, I object to the 'glorification' of individuals like Mr. Yates by the media. The Crimson has chosen to make a hero of Mr. Yates for an action which was not only irresponsible but illegal. Mr. Yates poses the question: "Why should I have to defer to someone else's definition of acceptable risk?" The answer lies in the moral values which underpin our system of law: the belief that human life is sacred and, therefore, the individual is not free to sacrifice...