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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1978
Page
5
A playful thought experiment imagines scrapping grades for goal levels with automatic advancement. Students progress by mastery, no failures or holds. Teachers specialize by level, classrooms align to each level, with Extended Horizontal Subjects for cross skills. The draft ends returning to current rules.
Randers writes to the editor defending the school board's function amid misperceptions from readers. He emphasizes trustees are human and must balance individual views with the collective good under state mandates and the Education Code. He urges broad community understanding and media responsibility, noting ongoing discussions continue on Page 4B.
Cattle farmers protest price pressures blamed on consumers as beef costs rise. The writer argues imports will not help farmers pay down debt, noting projected beef price increases and calls for clearer labeling of imported meat. He urges supporting domestic ranchers over foreign imports.
Excavations near Buena Vista Lake and Elk Hills unearthed bones, china fragments, glass beads, shells, baskets, and more than 25 types of artifacts. The standout find is brass phoenix buttons once owned by Haiti’s Emperor Henri Christophe, with the legend Je renais de mes cendres. The Tulamni were a tall peaceful people, about 500 strong, whose fate remains uncertain as they vanished after 1800s.
A reader hails the Bakke decision as a major step against discrimination and affirmative action quotas. The piece argues social change is slow and warns liberals, urging removal of racial quotas in education and employment to ensure real equal opportunity for all Americans.
A reader with heart disease asks if God cares for cynics. The response affirms God’s love for all, citing Romans 5 8 and the Gospel story of Peter healing Malchus by Jesus restoring his ear, illustrating compassion toward the wounded.
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