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By TAMARA BELL
Staff Writer
About 300 student government
leaders from 65 universities across
the nation will be at Texas A&M to
participate in a nationwide lead
ership program on Feb. 23-26-
Bp'exas A&M’s student govern
ment annually hosts the Conference
on I Student Government Associa r
tions, a leadership program de
signed for student government lead
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together and exchange ideas.
Julie Troy, director of COSGA,
said the conference allows the dele
gates to talk over solutions to similar
problems within the different stu
dent governments.
“This is a time for different
schools to discuss problems that face
all student governments,” Troy said.
“For example, if Penn State has an
apathy problem, then they can Find
out how Arizona State deals with it.”
Through scheduled workshops
and round table meetings, the stu
dents discuss adopting programs
that other colleges have found effec
tive in dealing with campus-wide
problems.
“The freshman aid program at
A&M has been adopted by several
other schools because the delegates
discovered how well it works during
a conference,” Troy said.
The program is not only an arena
for exchanging ideas, but other uni
versities are also exposed to “the
A&M way of life.”
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“During their stay, the delegates
will be housed in dorms with A&M
students, and some will stay with the
Corps,” Troy said. “Students from
other schools are fascinated with the
traditions of A&M and this is a way
for them to not only learn ways to
improve their student government,
but to learn about the school as a
whole.”
During the conference Dr. W.C.
Newberry, a professor of philosophy
at Southwest Texas State University,
will speak on human potential and
personal motivation. Pat Kirschner,
director of student activities at Ball
High School in Galveston and a state
leadership consultant, will discuss
the importance of communication in
working with others in government.
By KIRSTEN DIETZ
Staff Writer
Michael Goad’s shirt says it all. -
The slogan “Chem Busters” and a
red-slashed symbol of a ghost wear
ing chemistry goggles cover the
shirt’s front. The back reads, “learn
ing is an exciting adventure.”
Goad, a graduate student in edu
cation, tutors 413 students from
Chemistry 101, Fundamentals of
Chemistry I and Chemistry 102,
Fundamentals of Chemistry II.
According to his students, his tutor
ing methods are the key to learning
material they couldn’t understand in
class.
Freshman Danna Schraeder says,
“He shows us ways to do things that
just stick in our minds.”
Two and one-half years ago Goad
began tutoring one student.
Since then, tHe number of stu
dents seeking Goad’s help has grown
to 20, then 38, then 187 students last
semester before reaching the cur
rent total of 413 students.
Goad’s goal is to put chemistry on
a level his students can understand
by using simple terms. Also, he says
the current chemistry book is ar
ranged illogically, so he teaches seve
ral chapters working from the back
of the chapter toward the front.
“Mike’s explaining from the end
to the front makes twice as much
sense,” Freshman Meg Cloyd says.
Goad says his students have three
basic complaints about their chemis
try classes.
• Homework problems are not
corrected and returned to the stu
dent but show up on the tests.
Freshman Michael Johnson says,
“Some of the questions on the test
are out of the ordinary and aren’t
like the homework.”
Goad says, “They get two points at
the end of the semester for turning
in a pile of paper. Great. But they
never learn anything from it.”
• Tests are too long to complete
in 50 minutes.
Schraeder says, “I don’t feel like
I’m dumb, just pressed for time.”
Goad tries to combat this by teach
ing shortcuts to working the prob
lems.
“A lot of my methods are shorter,
but they aren’t fake,” he says.
“They’re used in industry.”
• Questions on the tests are too
challenging and most of the students
don’t understand them.
“It seems like they’re teaching
chemistry I never saw until I was in
upper division classes,” Goad says.
Scores as low as 46 are curved to
passing grades, he says, when 60
used to be considered passing. Goad
doesn’t think this is a good policy.
“A student who gets a 46 feels like
crap,” he said. “It’s only 14 points
(between 46 and 60), but it makes a
difference.”
Basically, Goad says the freshman
level chemistry program is run as if
all the students were chemistry ma
jors. He says he thinks that, because
so many students are required to
take the two freshman classes, they
should be more general.
Goad sees a lot of confusion
among his students about what is ex
pected of them on the tests.
“How can they measure up to a
standard if they don’t know what the
standard is?” he asks.
Goad compliments several fresh
man chemistry teachers’ instruction
methods.
“As far as I know, the chemistry
department is trying,” he says.
Goad’s success is measured by his
students’ improvements. Freshman
Daniel Penaloza says he made C’s
and D’s before attending one of Go
ad’s sessions at the end of the fall se
mester. He made a B on his final.
Schraeder earned a 90 on her fi
nal after making a 40 on her pre
vious test.
Besides his successful teaching
methods, Goad’s price has helped to
draw students to his sessions. He
charges $25 a semester, which he
says averages out to 60 cents an hour
for tutoring after material costs are
subtracted. Material costs cover the
printing of sample tests and booklets
he. provides to the students.
Goad says his low prices have just
about drained other tutors’ busi
nesses.
“Doing this for $25 a semester has
pretty much wiped out the rest of
the people,” he says.
Goad says $8 an hour is the aver
age price for an hour of chemistry
tutoring, and one tutor even charges
$50 an hour.
“I can’t see charging someone $8
an hour when I can do it, and they
can get 34 hours for $25,” he says.
“The comparison is ridiculous.”
Sophomore Tony Riggs says, “For
the price and the quality of teaching,
it’s very well worth it.”
Each session is once a week for
two hours. Goad also holds extra
free sessions before each test. He tu
tors nine Chem 102 sessions and one
Chem 101 session.
Student to flunk if prize is taken
Associated Press
ARLINGTON — A ninth-grade
student has been told he will be
flunked if he skips school to take a
trip to London he won in a magazine
contest.
“I’m going to go anyway,” said
Dudley Hamilton, who won the
prize for his talent at selling newspa
per subscriptions. “I really want to
go. I’ve never been there before.”
Hutcheson Assistant Principal
Earl Hinson said the eight school
days Hamilton will miss during the
April trip will be unexcused ab
sences, three more than allowed by
the state law strictly enforced by
school officials here.
Hamilton’s mother said she is an
gry. She says the trip, which includes
visits to Shakespeare’s birthplace.
Parliament and Madame Tussaud’s
wax museum, will be educational.
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