Word: teach
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Persuaded that local schools must do better in teaching fundamentals, Raspberry devoted six successive columns to intelligence tests, presenting the views of D.C. teachers who agreed with his criticism as well as a rejoinder from Sizemore. He concluded last week that black parents-and the schools-must teach their children to pass standardized exams, which he called the "keepers of the gate" to better lives...
Since the mid-50s, Brimmer has distinguished himself in the field of international finance and has also published frequent papers on black economic development. Brimmer is scheduled to teach a money and banking course at the Business School later this year. He says he will probably teach a College course in 1975-76 but is not certain whether he will appear this year among the cavalcade of famous professors in Economics...
...passed a strong resolution warning that racial tension in South Africa is leading to "violence and war." And if it came to this, the council added, Christians should seriously question whether they could participate in armed battle against liberation forces. The resolution reasoned that both "Catholic and Reformation theology" teach that Christians can only participate in a just war-and the requirements for a just war rule out fighting for "a basically unjust and discriminatory society." That, said the council, is a fair description of South Africa. The resolution noted that South Africa's Dutch-descended Afrikaners themselves cited...
...that may prevent continued offenses. Thus a young marijuana smuggler was ordered to go back to college, get a job, report his grades to the court and write a paper on whether marijuana has harmful effects. A youth convicted of disorderly conduct and violently resisting arrest was required to teach a jail inmate how to read. When a cleanup of the Miami River was organized by officials, more than a dozen Sepe "volunteers" were there to help; two were cited for their extraordinary efforts by Florida's secretary of state, and Sepe immediately ended their probation...
...Rewards. Despite such setbacks, Sepe estimates that his sentences have been "over 95% successful." Michael Garrett, 24, was an unemployed artist when he was convicted of possession and sale of cocaine. Sepe ordered him to teach art to mentally retarded children at Miami's Hope School. To Garrett, the experience was the most rewarding of his life; he now is part of the school's paid staff. Carl Dachton had a similar experience. A gun-shop owner held in contempt for temporarily returning a customer's guns in violation of a court order, he was required...