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children in grades 6 - 12 are home alone two or more hours a day.
558 of the juniors report working li or more hours a week and 65%
of the seniors work 11 or more hours a week.
Dr. Register said when you look at the hours the students work
and the hours they watch tv and the little time spent on homework,
that points out some of the differences in what we are working with
today.
All students in grades 6 - 12, 698 report alcohol use at least
once. 868 of the seniors report use of alcohol at least once. 27%
of the seniors have participated in binge drinking in the last two
weeks.
Dr. Register reported a statistic they received in Raleigh
today, which is that 808 of the people in prison are there for
alcoholic or drug-related problems. This is a significant problem
in Iredell County, he said.
Seniors reporting having been sexually active is 728 at least
once and 618 four more times.
The most significant problems among Iredell County youth are
1. Sexual abuse (much higher than the national norms at
all grade levels)(Three times higher for
sixth graders and two times higher for
eighth and twelfth graders than national
norms.)
2. Students in grades 7 - 9 have three times greater risk
indicators over the national norm. Those risk behaviors
are:
1. Sexually active
2. Having ridden with a drinking driver in the last
two weeks
3. Having participated in drinking in the last 2 weeks.
Good news that came out of the survey is what made a positive
impact on children, which are:
1. If a student is raised in a positive family life, then
the student will be much less at risk.
2. If parents were actively involved in the children's
school.
said. There are about 14 positives listed in the report, Register
The needs of the children today are significantly different
from what they were in 1950 or just ten years ago. The school
officials' primary goal is to improve academic achievement of the
schools.
Dr. Register introduced Pam Reich who is a second grade
teacher at Northview Elementary. Mrs. Reich started teaching in
1975 at 21 years ago, and things are very different now. There is
a difference in the students' respect of teachers and education
today, she said. Teachers must have more innovative and creative
methods to teach students. It is very hard to talk about.
Mrs. Reich outlined her teaching strategy for her class.
Pat Campbell is a kindergarten -language skills teacher at
Pressly. She teaches a kindergarten Chapter I program. She has
become alarmed that children are coming to school knowing less and
less about children's literature. Some of the children have never
heard of some of the children's stories that are so commonly known,
she said.