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Harris, who went 2-4 at the
plate, ended the game by grab
bing UT center fielder Mark
Prather's slow bouncer and fir
ing to Gonzalez at second to
force out UT catcher Joel
Williamson.
"They're the Texas Longhorns
- they always seem to come out
on top. Now we're on top, and
I'm really excited about that,"
Harris said, smiling.
A&M coach Mark Johnson
said Harris' blast helped to re
lieve the pressure off of Granger
on the mound, but Johnson gave
credit to Kieschnick's pitching
performance.
"You've got to give Brooks
credit - he's a bulldog-type
pitcher, and he keeps coming at
you and makes you hit his stuff.
He doesn't play cute," Johnson
said.
"Robert Harris really dinged
that ball. He jumped all over it
and really sparked us."
A&M's field work was out
standing compared to the Long
horns, who suffered the four er
rors in addition to a miscue that
led to A&M third baseman Lee
Fedora being charged a hit off of
a pop to shallow right field that
landed between three Longhorns
looking at each other after they
all called for the ball.
Fedora made the 'Horns pay
in the fourth, diving to his left to
spear a sharp grounder by UT
shortstop Tim Harkrider to start
off a double play.
In the sixth, right fielder
Stephen Claybrook caught a run
ning over-the-shoulder fly on the
warning track to retire UT's
Prather before Granger blew
past Steve Heinrich and Ki-
eschnick to end the eighth.
Against Kieschnick, Granger
logged the strikeout on three
straight strikes - the last one
looking.
"It's a lot easier to play when
you have a defense like I did to
day - (A&M) made some plays
they don't normally make,"
Granger said.
"I'm sure Brooks Kieschnick
was a little upset - it's tough, but
I'm glad I'm on the winning end
of it.
A&M seniors Gonzalez and
center fielder Brian Thomas were
honored in a pregame ceremony
before their last game regular
season game on Olsen Field.
Thomas said his regular sea
son finale at Olsen couldn't have
ended better for him in front of
the 5,978 attendees inside the
park and an estimated 2,000 peo
ple watching from Olsen's adja
cent railroad track past right
field.
"I've played a lot of games
here in four years, starting pretty
much all of them since I've been
here, so it's nice to play my last
game out here with as big of a
crowd as we had," Thomas said.
"The chemistry here
is unreal. We've
bonded together like
no other team I've
been associated
with."
-Jeff Granger
A&M pitcher
top 10 pick in the amateur draft,
shared the credit with his team
mates, whom he called the best
he had ever had.
"You always remember the
last thing you've done, (and) in
my college career the most vivid
thing I'll remember is this cham
pionship team - it's the last ring
I'll get, most likely," Granger
said.
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Granger, who should also
leave the team this season as a
"The chemistry here is unreal
We've bonded together like no
other team I've been associated
with."
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quences if the students commit
any of the transgressions.
Evans said the parents also are
given the discipline plan and
must sign a contract to become
involved in the student's educa
tion. This plan includes getting
the students to school and help
ing with their homework.
Focus On Behavior
Bill Fisher, a teacher at the
SOS, said academics in the
school's setting often take a back
seat to changing the student's be
havior.
"A lesson that rivets them to
the subject is not always good,"
Fisher said. "They are not learn
ing to alter their behavior."
He said the classes perform
more assignments that require
students to get along and work
through problems together.
"They don't focus more on
grades, but more on behavior and
temperament," said John, a 15-
year-old student from Jane Long
Middle School who currently at
tends the SOS. "They would
rather see you get out of this
school."
Fisher said teachers have to
practice more psychology rather
than focusing on the content of
the classes.
"If I can get them to work to
gether without coming to blows,
then that's a successful lesson,"
he said. "What becomes impor
tant is changing the behavior, not
the academics."
Fisher teaches social studies,
English and a class called "Ca
reers."
"We teach four core courses;
English which includes reading,
social studies or history, science
and math," Evans said. "We also
teach P.E. and a class called 'Ca
reers.'"
"Careers"
She said "Careers" is a prob
lem-solving class and a life skills
class.
"Careers' teaches skills for
getting-along with other people
and skills for living which is what
the kids need," Fisher said.
They need to work on life skills
and not following the path that
got them here."
Evans said the class teaches
about 60 skills. These skills in
clude how to respond to teasing,
how to listen, how to deal with
their own anger and someone
else's anger, how to deal with
frustration and how to give and
accept a compliment.
Other skills involve giving and
following directions, starting a
conversation, apologizing and
learning refusal skills which is a
form of reversed peer pressure.
"These are typical skills we
take for granted," Fisher said. "If
they don't have these skills, they
can't learn. It's the most impor
tant class we teach."
Role-playing is a major part of
the "Careers" class.
"It was fun," said Kristin, a 15-
year-old former student of the
SOS. "It taught you how to take
care of your problems. You learn
how to react or handle a problem
when you come back here. 'Ca
reers' helped to solve my prob
lems here."
Kristin recently returned to the
seventh grade at Jane Long Mid
dle School.
Six Level System
The SOS operates on a six-level
or tier system. Students enter at
level one and must work through
steps on each level before advanc
ing to the next level. They are
given five days to work through a
level.
Each level consists of student
goals and requirements. The stu
dent must receive 90 percent of
the total possible points for one
week or 80 percent of the total
possible points for two weeks be
fore they are allowed to move to
the next level. Students are grad
ed by the teachers on a daily re
port form for level compliance.
On the second level, students
gain privileges if they successful
ly complete the goals and require
ments.
"I'd compare it to a prison,"
John said. "If you misbehave,
you get treated bad. If you be
have, you get rewarded."
Privileges include participa
tion in the ROPES program and
in the Texas A&M Equestrian
program.
Evans takes eight students
each week to the Dick Freeman
Arena where an instructor teach
es the students to groom and
communicate with a horse and in
the process how to control it.
Evans said this experience trans
fers over to communicating with
their peers.
"This gives them self-esteem,"
she said.
Students also lose privileges
when they attend the SOS. Once
they are at the school, they cannot
attend any functions at their reg
ular school. They can't drink so
das on the campus. They are not
allowed to talk in the classroom.
If the students behave, they are
rewarded at the end of the peri
od. This is so they can see the
cause-and-effect relationship of
their behavior.
"If I can get (the stu
dents) to work togeth
er without coming to
blows, then that's a
successful lesson."
-Bill Fisher
SOS teacher
Returning To School
If a student works through all
six levels, they are allowed to go
back to their school.
Evans said very few students
work through the program in six
weeks.
"We don't want to send them
back before they're ready," Evans
said.
At level five, the student may
be mainstreamed for one class.
Evans said the student will be
sent back for half a day at first. If
they do well the first week, then
they will be sent back full-time.
During this time, the student is in
a transitions program in which
they remain in contact with the
counselor at the SOS. The SOS
shares information they've
learned about the student with
the school in order to insure the
successful transition from the
SOS to the school.
John who will have been at the
SOS for almost a whole semester
had reached level four.
"I walked off school grounds,
and they sent me back to level
one," John said. "It was a daring
trick."
Kristin has been at the SOS
twice this year. She had to work
through all six levels both times.
"I'm going to stay here (at Jane
Long)," Kristin said. "I can't go
back there because I already had
two chances."
Counseling and Mirroring
While at the SOS, students
have access to group counseling
and individual counseling with
Evans.
"I go to counseling when I
need it or whenever she (Evans)
wants to talk with me or when
she sees something going on,"
John said. "At the other school,
the counselors are always busy or
won't talk to you. Here, they
(teachers) have to let you go."
Teachers and counselors try to
change behavior and attitudes by
mirroring the student's behavior.
" A lot of the kids have an in
ner rage. We have to constantly
mirror their behavior so they can
see how it affected others," Evans
said. "Then we use conflict reso
lution."
Respect
Another important aspect of
teaching is trying to instill the
concept of respect in the students.
"Respect is the key word,"
Fisher said. "We tell them, 'I re
spect you. Now I expect the same
from you."
Evans said, "Our babies aren't
treated with respect. They don't
trust adults."
Since some of the students
were involved in gang-related ac
tivity, teachers try to address the
problems that led to the student's
involvement in the gangs.
"Many of them join gangs be
cause of low self-esteem and no
respect," Fisher said. "When you
enlarge their concept of who they
can be, they don't need the gang.''
Teachers and counselors fight
a constant battle to improve the
student's self-image, she said.
Decisions and Consequences
Evans said they do not use the
word "bad" when talking to the
students.
"They ask us if they are bad
kids," Evans said. "They are not
bad kids. They just make bad
choices."
Fisher agreed and said, "The
students are no different from
other students. They are all
unique. I haven't come across a
student I didn't enjoy in class.
"They are all great people/' he
said. "They just riave problems
making decisions. They don't al
ways make decisions in light of
their goals and the conse
quences."
Although the goal is to change
behaviors and get the students
back into their regular schools,
not all students are eager to leave
the SOS.
" I don't care to go back," John
said. "I'll be at Lamar next year.
I'll decide if I like it. If not. I'll
find my way back over here or
wherever Mrs. Evans is."
Other students are more than
ready to return to their schools.
"I couldn't take it over there
anymore," Kristin said. "I had
my friends here (at Jane Long)."
Fisher said, "The toughest part
of teaching is that I see them as
good kids. I just don't know why
they make decisions that lead
them to the consequences that it
does. We have to constantly rein
force that they have options.
They need to think; they have
other ways to react to situations."
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