Halton Hills Newspapers

Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), August 26, 1981, p. 34

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Page Wednesday IS Fifty million students head back to school compensate parent for Education a changing field in our technological society grams which enables The signs are everywhere Curbside lemonade stands close down of needy students to continue for the season Long forgotten read ng lists reappear Family cars heir education bey the high school level The debate in con hardly Should upper income funilies beneTit from the same tax credits as middle and lower income families Should teaching colleges re strict admissions as he school population declines THOSE DEAR OLD GOLDEN RULE DAYS are to session once again marking an end to the carefree day at recess This year tome SO million students will to North America sophisticated of anil universities for yet another semester as this are repeated dally In conn lieu school districts now that soother aemeater is underway PHI END OF SUMMER up to OFF marbles skipping yoyos batons balls croquet sets sand toys etc Toy magic Georgetown Market Place 8778800 filled with a student s stereo bicycle maybe 1 a 1w Jl a book or two and take the highways towards a new J dJBJJ 41La j even a book or two and take the highways semester at college Yes it back to business for the nation more than SO million students It s also back to business for llions of educators I teachers administrators guidance counselors 1 whose job it is guide Amertci s youth ihrough an extensive and ever frfctf It m more soph incited educational system The simple ABC of grand age of Americans show mother generation while snll in foreign language recognizable in modern ability a development which curricula have evolved to keep has placed the United States at increasingly lech th- lowest level of foreign Ian society lily among industrial mi ions A modem curriculum Tradition however does pre vail In other areas of study The subjects of reading and both the junior h school and TV- J aa writing for example fail Communications Physical on stresses the value of motor coordination as well as biological awareness Nothing is simple any longer Computers too have made their way into the classroom at the primary and secondary level In the case of elementary education computers are being used at an aid high school levels almost every school system requires that slu dents follow a program of study in English science and physical education In addition elective are of in fine arts instrumental and vocal home nomics and vocational cduca Language classes arc also of as in many school systems as are Various mathematical and wral iodustnal language grn been programs signed in tied reinforce lessons in a more traditional the secondary level com puters themselves have become manner At the secondary level themselves have become the focus of a students study A growing number of high schools now offer classes In computer language and theory adding Fortran and to the ranks of high school Ian study Language requirement On other hand the long standing foreign language re has gone the way of slide rules and ink wells In a In 1981 more than ml lion students will be enrolled in post secondary inst rut ions cording to forecasts nude by the American Council on Educa Tuitions a strain In recent years however the challenge of meeting ever in creasing tuition costs has put a tremendous strain on middle and lowerclass famil Recent budget cuts by I he Reagan Administration will lead significant reductions in both grant and loan programs available to needy students While the administration has support credit that will part DOWNTOWN GEORGETOWN Your BacktoSchool Headquarters SERVICE SELECTION VALUE Lots of FREE Parking Musi rasa SPECTACULAR J ti JJ3 ia E4Bd j itijai AwHIi It J EASTERN A-

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