ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1995, Roanoke Times
DATE: Thursday, December 7, 1995 TAG: 9512070044
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-2 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
DATELINE: NEWBERN
SOURCE: NEW RIVER VALLEY BUREAU
Five Newbern Elementary School pupils gave their reasons Wednesday on why they thought educational opportunities should be equal throughout the state.
Ron Davis said he wants to be a paleontologist - "I want to dig up dinosaur bones in deserts and very hot places" - which would require a solid secondary education that would prepare him for college.
Nikki Roseberry wants to be a nurse and deliver babies.
The students, members of Amy Brooks' first-grade class, were chosen to read their goals at a media conference called by Virginians for Improved Education. The group seeks more funding for education statewide.
"Childhood is a time when everything is possible and no dream is unreachable," Brooks said. "I think I speak for every teacher in the state when I say we want all pupils like these to reach their full potential."
The pupils' goals vary.
Casey Patterson's wants to become a policeman and "fight crime." Ian Brandau wants to play soccer "and travel around the world." And Kathryn Green wants to be a tennis player "because I've seen them on TV and it looks fun."
Del. Tommy Baker, R-Dublin, a speaker at the conference, said he was not about to repeat the mistake of an earlier prominent politician who tried to spell "potato" by trying to spell "paleontologist."
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