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Help children move forward
Editor, The Transcript:
Oklahoma Shame?
Hold on there Vince! Oklahoma Shame? "Oklahoma Shame, by VInce Orza, Norman Transcript, Friday, October 23, 2009." There may be a difference of opinion in these statements made in The Transcript.
Why are we comparing ourselves to a communist country? "Today's economic system is global and China is educating its youth to lead." If proper research is done we will find that China doesn't educate all of it's young people. Matter of fact, if a child doesn't pass the required testing they work in a rice field. They do not have the freedom to choose their profession. We on the other hand have the freedom to educate all of our children, no matter what background, ethnic, economic, or status quo.
As far as your comment on "Baby boomers took a lot more chemistry, physics, algebra, trigonometry, geometry and calculus." I beg to differ. It was only this year that Norman Public School began to require three credits for graduation to include Algebra I, Algebra II, and a choice of Trig, or Calculus. When I graduated from high school 1989, I was able to achieve a diploma with business math and pre-algebra only.
We are fortunate to have programs like the IEP (Individualized Education Program), that help us to identify which students need more help, or have "fallen through the cracks in the system." Rather than gripe about the lack of education, you as a dean of a university should be coming up with solutions to help educate those that are behind.
TED WILKERSON
Moore
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Prune trees smart or not at all
Editor, The Transcript: Norman is a city graced by many beautiful trees. And yet our city lacks an ordinance to control tree pruning.
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Understanding Norman’s Greenbelt Commission
We are three members of a subcommittee of the Norman Greenbelt Commission asked by the city to draft an amended Greenbelt Ordinance.
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William Fruth needs to hear the truth
Editor, The Transcript: Reference the Wednesday article by reporter Andrew Knittle titled “Seeds of Prosperity.
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Where is the courage?
Editor, The Transcript: The Republican attitude toward health care seems to be, “I’ve got mine, too bad about yours.
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A strong team working for Norman
Editor, The Transcript: This letter is in response to the article published in your paper Wednesday regarding William Fruth’s comme
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A failure to present science
Editor, The Transcript: I am writing in response to David Deming’s recent op-ed (Feb. 20).
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Krew wants to clear the air
Editor, The Transcript: I am writing in regard to The Transcript article Feb. 16 titled “2010 Norman Mardi Gras parade winners announced.
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LWV fights for good government
Happy 85th birthday to the Norman League of Women Voters, and Happy 90th birthday to the LWVUS.
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To the rescue
Editor, The Transcript: I almost didn’t write this letter, but on second thought, decided that our fire, ambulance and ER departmen
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Just warming up
Editor, The Transcript: I was interested to read the article on global warming by Professor Deming (Transcript, Feb. 20).
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