,THE ICHIGAN CITIZEN OCTOBER 1
Developing assertiveness
By Robert . Taylor
Too many people allow them­
selve to be victimized by the
in curity, insensitivity, 1 ck of
caring and the downright I­
fi manipulation of others.
We u the word "allow" be-
it be de ribe why
are able to frequently
make us feel bad. Simply
stated: e allow them to.
Anna FJeanor Roo velt has
written one of the mo t ap­
propriate ntences on this sub­
ject: "0 one can m e you
feel inferior without your con-
nt."
The negative feeling does not
have to be one of inferiority
but the principle is the same:
Other can only make you
feel badly if you allow them to.
Thu , the focus of thi "How
T<? Feel Good" column is
developing your rtivene
It i only with greater a r­
tivene that you can success­
fully combat life's insenitivities,
manipulations and sometimes
just plain meanne Being
more rti doe not require
that you develop a nasty or
eading
Together
•
By Dorothy W. Robin n
Sep ate hool for the rich and the poor are clearly a
violation of rnerica' democratic principle. But what about
parate program within the hool - the tracking sy em
which prepare me udent for higher education while
other are prepared for menial jobs? Is this a form of unequal
education?
number of the nation' top thinker and educators such
ortimer Adler, Jacques Barzurn, Alonzo Crim, Charles
Van Doren and others, answer yes to this question. They
addre the is ue in a document called The Paideia Proposal:
An Educational Manisfesto (Mancmillan 1982). The member
of the Paideia group tate unequivocably that they are oppos­
ed to multi-trac ing, a ystem which par tes udent
according to their so-called "ability". They call for the same
quality of education for all tudent .
On th i e of grouping and tracking in the schools, they
tate: • "If once there the tudent) are divided into the sheep
and the goat , into tho destined solely for toil and those
de ined for economic and political leadership . . . then the
democratic purpo has been undermined by an inadequate
sy em of public schooling."
People who support the tracking system do 0 with the
belief that orne children are in pable of learning certain
types of information. To this, the Paideia group answers,
"There are no unteachable children. There are only hools
and teachers and parent who fail to teach them."
Their call for educational reform states that in order to
have equal hooting, there must be the same objectives for
all udent - without exception. The Proposal presents
objective which ould provide all udents with an equal
education, and it pre nts a program which should accom­
pli that objective. •
The Paideia Proposal is vitally important to minority
group , because the lower track in the hool are usually
filled with underprivileged children. The stigma attached to
thi b ck-of-the-bu kind of education may well be a root
cau of di ipline problems and the high drop-out r' te among
the d' dftnt ed.
inority group , howe er, are not the only one who ill
benefit from the program presented in The Paideia Proposal.
It is ddre d to all who are affected by the quality of edu­
cation in America.
There i much food for thought in this book. Written in
clear, re dable language, it i available in an inexpensive paper­
bac edition and can be found in most book tores and librar­
ies.
confrontational personality.
In plain language the art
of being more a rtive simply
requires that you assert your­
self. In other words, the first
person you want to u asser-
tivene on i yourself. Pu
your If forward. Demand fair
or equal treatment. And .never
Settle for le than your fair
are of the be life h to
offer; be it love, money, happi­
ne or a good time.
Remember this: . In the final
analysis people will treat you
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