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Vol. 15, No. 1: November, 1998
Townsend Harris High School at Queens College
aSSlC 149-11 Melbourne Avenue. Flushing, NY 11367
Democrats dominate ·mock election '
by Christina Lesica should cover alternate treatments, .by About 83% of students registered to The Democratic ticket triumphed in 717 votes to 85. The third question, vote, a new requirement set this year. the third annual election simulation last which would allow state residents to Out of the entire student body, about week as Senate candidate Charles receive tax credits for private schools, 78% voted. Of registered voters, about Shumer and gubernatorial candidate Pe- · lost 244 votes for it and 564 against. 95-96% actually voted, compared to ter Vallone won the election. The "real Every senior was assigned to a spe- 36% of registered voters nationally, said election" produced somewhat different cific role in the simulation through the Mr. Scarnati. results as Governor George Pataki PD classes. The gubernatorial candiA survey by the social science reshared the victory · · search class given to night with Schumer. a random sampling Voter turnout was of 22% of students "very good," said An- · on the Wednesday thony Scarnati, Parbefore the ·ele-ction ticipatory Democracy found positive re(PD) teacher who, sponses about the along with PD te~ch simulation. (Those ers Nancy Leib and directly involved in Myron Moskowitz the simulation and Assistant Princiwere not surveyed.) pal of Humanities "An overwhelming Lynne Greenfield, ran majority, 75%," bethe simulation. lieved that the seVallone won with the niors were doing a biggest margin of vicgood job playing tory: 524 votes comout their roles, acpared to Pataki's 175, cording to Mr. the-next highest. The Scamati. Senate race was Students also closer Schumer won Stirring up support: Seniors Eugene Nirenberg, Diana Raab, and Antonella Comella cheer had to finish the . ' . on ,Peter Vallone outside Colden Center on Founders' Day. Peter Venech played the With 415 votes while gubernatorial candidate. sentence "The Alfonse D' Amato mock election is came in with 358. dates, George Pataki, Peter Vallone, _."'Fifty percent chose "interesting," Voters also voiced their opinions on Betsy McCaughey-Ross,- and Tom prompting Mr. Scarnati to challenge three ballot questions, which appeared Golisano, were portrayed by Doug anybody to find an educational program on the simulated (but not the real) bal- Cordova, Peter Venech, Taneka Will- that 50% of students find interesting, lots. The first one, which would ~How iams, and John Premus, respectively. though he admitted such a possibility. religious holiday decorations io be dis- Senate candidates includc;d Alfonse Concerning the .different outcomes of played in public schools, passed 507 .D' Amato portrayed by David Wong and the gub~rnatorial race in the mock and votes to 366. Voters also passed the sec- Charles Schumer played by Sean real elections, Mr. Scarnati pointed out ond ballot question, saying that Health . McGinley. This was the first election that in the real election, Vallone carried Maintenance Organizations (HMO's) simulation to have six campaigns. Continued on p. 5
~argman· n learns from .China's classrooms by Alan Fu Japan. Principal Malcolm Largmann reVisiting various schools in China, Dr. turned on Thursday, October 29, from a Largmann observed, "The children were two-week trip to China, his first ex- ~ happy and smiling, and they seemed to tended leave of ~bsence in 14 years. Dr. have a great relationship with their Largmann, Queens Superintendent John teachers .... We noticed that there was Lee, and the principals of Forest Hills, . a respect between teachers and students John Bowne, and Bayside High Schools because the students realize that the went to China to observe educational . teachers have an investment in them." practices and changes in the country and He added, "Students are taught from an to establish sister-school relationships early age about focus, concentration, for those high schools represented on the and discipline.. .. Education is much . trip, similar to Harris' relationship with more regimented in China .... Even Shimoda Kita Senior High School in teachers wear _uniforms in some
Ranking for College p.2
schools." When ·asked about which Chinese educatiQnal practices he would like to implement at Harris, Dr. Largmann express~d hi~ appreciation of Chinese "staff development facilities for teachers [in school libraries], in which they are able to be set off in carrels." In these facilities, teachers can watch videotapes of pre-recorded lessons by masterful teachers. "One of the interesting things in every school we visited was that there was ·Continued on p. 13
East M·eets West: The Harris - Asia Connection pp. 7, 10,11,13
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