VOL. II, NO. 3
OCTOBER 21, 1960

Grades, Courses, Desire Spell Success In School
I serve a purpose in this school On which no man can frown. I merely enter into class And keep the average down.

How many of us are like the above student?

We need the desire to learn! Contrary to poular thought, we do not come to school for 1,260 hours a year merely to keep the class average down or simply to receive grades. We come to school to learn! It may be true that we will not remember 20 years from now what grades we received, but we will remember what we learned. It is not the grades that we receive that help the world, but the knowledge that we acquire. Our democracy is doomed if the majority of the people do not have this desire to learn.
 It is a shame that with the growing anxiety and fear over Soviet power, our American youth cannot realize that study IS important. An amazing number of scientists and engineers are being turned out by Russia's educational system every year. How can our country match this turnout while we believe that our students should be allowed to schoose their subjects, and Russia decides just who is to study what subjects? So many students don't realize or even care about the subjects they choose or whether the courses they have planned will be beneficial to them in the long run.

A student may say to his teacher, "I was too busy to do my homework last night. I had to go to three meetings." The teachers are not giving out homework just to be nasty or mean. They are looking at the needs of our country, and they realize that we will benefit ourselves and the world only when we learn to accept the training they offer us and to use that knowledge to the best of our abilities.