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georgetown herald vamblim by riant nawapapet umltd 22 main stnaat south georgetown ontario w c biihn pobualpr pagc4 thursday july 11th 1968 editorial comment havrt budged the anticipated flood of letter obeo- tlnp to our rtwrk a boot th hall denote report on education ha not changed our rritfid one whit on the subject t werrfo not ay thet the report is all bed w do say that the basic premise of having children decide whet they want to loam and when of having no formal examinations no grades is placing leecheri odd student in n impossible situation wheth can only nilto the detriment of an upcoming gen era on we have per hop already been too permissive towards young people tending to take them too seriously we seem to be leaking a togetherness of wrwoh our paf- enjs never thought we have harped on thj bad things in our world on giving young people twew head to uch an extant that todays child thinks he has a perfect right to treat anyone over voting age as a rerjc of tho past our quarrel with the tjall report is tht a group of supposedly sensible adults codld come up with support for the atti ttnle of a young minority who frown on education as a means lo a better economic fukwe ard dream of some mystical world where they sit and contemplate the stars while some mysterious force looks after their bodily needs we don t criticise the youngsters too much jhi attitude is nol new and it to be expected particularly among university freshmen facing a new world of know ledge free of some of the guidelines of secondary schooling what ttiey nead end what they got in the past was a tolerance by adults who winked an eye at some of their shenani gens used a wet blanket when necessary but above all didn t exaggerate thing out of proportion now too many parents too many tea chers are fostering this freewheeling atti tude goading youngsters into paths of thinking which will have to be painfully discarded when the moment of truth a job arrives whether we like it or not wo live in a competitive world and the person wbo co ms out ort top is tho one who learns earty and well that he must conform to if per missive learning as the hall report recom mends can only lead o disaster for a gen eration of young peope if it ever is adop ted lets hope some sanity still exists am ong rnose we trust to chart our educational paths good news for seniors jfctih wr tmoaf the slew turners however hard we itried bow hopeless it teemed to compete with thoae seemingly hleaied people wbo bailed through ex ami without a care in the world the hallderails report rec otnmend that this rigid grading system be abolished and that each student be given the op portunity to advance at his own beet speed thus the slow student could achieve his own goals without the constant fear of failure and develop into a ueetul and con tented member of society in steed of a social dropout the advanced student would be able to move ahead as quickly as he tttcieimntt w chahgihg styles ffl ottawa the mail bag some senior citizens caught in an in fletionmy spiral when a fixed income is shrinking in value will welcome the news that town and townsh p may combine on enjpartment prefect- geared to income the kinsmen club has been active in pramohngjhiiiorjdmetimcind had rea ched the building stage a couple of years ego only to become bogged down n ied tape by the time this began to unravel costs had increased so sharply that the km had to take a second look at their prospect ive fmanc ng now instead of this being a pr vately financed project the provincial and federal governments will underwrite the cost com pletely only stipulation it that the munici pallties grant a fixed tax ceiling of 25 per year per un t the plan would seem to be an ideal one for a town like georgetown rents have reached the stage where an employed person is hard put to make his budget bal ance a pensioner faced not only with ris ipq rents but with a cost of living increase for food and clothing is finding it im possible to keep up unless ho has an extra source of income or an a fro h s farrwly fortunately many have tins and con truction of an apartment building will not mean that hundreds of people will be com peting for the 24 units planned but it is probable that demand w ii exceed supply even then present education system not geared to realities deir mr kdilor amlnstionji fixed curriculum flc simply doe1 not relate to thn realities of either the busi pcy world or the learning hu tnan bemg bwore we write off the very iramed members of the hall tinnls cojiwnualojl as cr3clc wits who are out of their minds or send off illconsider ed diatritteei to the news media or mtp jim snow lets take a clnwr look at these xacred la sttutioni that w consider so etscnlial o the preaervation of our society 17 edith strut s a person uiih onh four porictovn ont ejrx of fetching experience and about fifteen m tht hard old morld of bumnev cvn 1 1 examinations i diaawea uilh yur hand u t t m on th hall iannis llport on iducauon livii- in th fit j structured courv of study in 7tnrijisor jour last two imjm jour cn7i5gfkr n full circle sucar and spice by bill smiley ah that silver lining those who patronize gray coach lines will note that next monday the buses will return to-thett- former main street route and the terminal will move back to it former location at stan s restaurant since council pushed them off main street a few months ago h became more end more like a comic opera first the residents of church charles end maple lodged protest at the new route with some justification for their streets are mainly residential council immediately began to back track and suggestions flew thick end fast a return to main st a complete highway route and the old one of years back down mill and water street to the highway were all talked about one morning the parking meters which had been placed in fro it of the restaurant were removed and the terminal almost restored then a fast change was made back to the charles route meanwhile bus drivers began a merry lanes of changes on their own an odd bus went down main the occasional one ttrairjht through on the highway and one was even seen wandering up m ii street one day i residents along the new route had cooled off by this time and chances are hat the protest movement would have died a natural death and little more would have been heard about it there was nothing too wrong with the new route that we could see nor is there anyth ng wrong with a return to the old route j what emerged was an all too frequent change of mind by town council which i tfnds to shift i ke the wind perhaps coun cillors will learn from the r bus r de to a thoroughly discuss a probem before making a sudden move and b stick by their dec sion once it is made barring unforeseen d fficulties the bus d spule has not caused any maor inconven once to the publ c so is a good testing ground for future questions which could be of greater importance halton iasy m v v jim snow reports monday july 1st i hud the opportunity and th pless ure of representing thd honour- able john 1 kobarts qc phroe mln liter of ontario all the official flitf raising cerem ooy o the 08 windsor detroit international freedom festival this freedom festival has been held annually for the last ten years and la sponsored by thai councils of tba cities ui wind or and detroit to celebrate and ya the goodwill betwwh imtf dtia aloof with our great countries of canada and i the united snaten rhe honour able paul martin renrewnted lho federal government at the flue rmsinc while i reprncnted uib province nf onurio 1h1s wh k the honourable william davis qc mlnisttr of hlu cat ion introduced legislation to establish litrir unit of ad ministration for horn an catholic hepjrfete xchoou lira fly tins legislation when pained will est ablish countv separate jjchno hoard for the separate schools similar to the county hoard of hducatlon bejntf established for the primary- and ircondsry pub- lie schools thk ksiabushmusjl of a new provincial park in the chaplesu area has been annotni ted by the honourable kene brunulla minister of lsmls and forests thia jlzooo acrt park is on mlssinalbi ike and will be known as the mdijnalbi lake provincial turk wk auk looking forward beat thursday to a visit to the lefftslature by 24 hlifh school student from whitebone in the yukon territories who are spending a week as guests of the students of oakvtlle hlfih rhoo while in toronto tlu students will tour the university of loronlo the it 1j11 and lnd the toronto damininn cen tre ss well as the parliament lluildinws school appreciated good news coverage georgetown ont july md 1d64 dear sir i he auxiliary of the maple nursery school would like to hank you for the bplendid news coverage you have ulven us hi this our first year of operation the increased vl nee of tilt positive vslue of mlrtery achool ekpojiure to pre ichool elilldrtn reiulres greater conjnunity in tercst and participation on pre kindergarten tmcially oriented progrmnij ilwaune we are a wn profit orifttiiltatlon we do a tniniituun of advertuinjf ao that your publicity has contributed greatly tq the public interest mkl wtmarc yours sincerely msxine seanlon if our fumilv la ainthin like mine ou must onietimcjl put our bran doun on jour inns ind wctp quietly and i bitterly i v e k throiuh perirwu nf pas iit and mormdilj to uie point uhere mass suicidi seoms the only sane solution i and with ths prvrtity of lif tuddrnty th clauds brdsl tha s m comii out th rainbow sppssrc thir i a pot of gold at its bsta- and god jt onca again back wi hit heavsn in ttssd of hangmq araund the pool hall wee j 1 1 t im en through on of these rvcb s and i reckon lint just nhout one moi c v ill imish me off it bet in iboul ten weens io 1 r tin ufth uim in the 1 lit rouple of nrs iluj h the v in derin lwi tnou off to make a ni v slirt ind hi fortune 1 his time it n to in tlie nnm of nor thi rn q uht c wnk li ter we reteivtd a t ird from thei fli sh pots of imontnul urcinu us to urite and saying ho lnd i job it 1 xpo jr wt all vvroti silemt slnttuni por ueikf and ui tks mom m j uorritd i didn t t ibniit the iame time my wf jot sick and couldn t writi tu r university exam had i s ni ft ii operation c inn home and lay stound uie haubt drivmc nit mad kim it eoursi lnd to ue into the art and came down with mono nueleosis she va fnrivuldln to study would slit fuil lur ytnr your humble seiviint u usual had notlunif wrortu with him but a rotten family homer he ju t put his nosi to the i wind uul his shouldtu to the nrindstono d kept on riuininu in ciuhs lies uhtd to it lhinii tot steadily bl uker huui nuuituiuwl suiict hik tnotlnr learned be had to have a bit operation uih spmt u month cjiowmti u i fintft rnaili rllit up to tho wrinn oh shi wailtii for tlie hospital to tjll thu ifhshtly operation aui uio rnwi that uu had luhc r mm jiot mi rlli r uud uurlier from hi iua coopid up did my hrat wrote hulii strong latter talked tu my uifo for endless hours aboi t lysterectomu s ovjnes ute ruses maltpninr fibroid and such deheicies ivie to humnrj mm into eating and slu pinu j then overytlung tirted lo pop at once the hospital call d ind ttio old lady unit off to her doom i nr threi i1tk l swnttd out the operition jndl at tue sime lime kims prom otion from tirale 12 v huh la in tlu binds of the jods the u uhers tinilh the dim broke ml in ne d iy wa hit the crisis hi li phoned from quebec t il j to it rn tint lus mum uas liki iv breathing her 1isl htm u is grantw her year at school nd that night a slnky old lady of abniit 00 called from the bo pilil to tell rtie tint she was ilue though not ex ictly kicking i iurin the ni u ueik the i uie rosi and tin old fimih ship which had im i u huh md diy on ibi bit ik be ich iiuid tin rotting uei i bet in to float auam i hoh phoned his motht r in 1ir pit il and she u is so 1 1 id lo heir fiom him lb il lu forgot to give him hell for not uritiui i he missus camo home from hospital with an allchar a luau nf nl scar and u elme n mark ibly perky kim n covert d her beilth uith amaziiil pied so as it standi now lluih lias a job as a wjitci in quoin r itv li happy and has slopped smoking and biting ms nails my uifo is ov rwhulnud by the flnivirh and canli from frmds didn t think hhe bid many and he u oling i n it on the whole klin is ridbn on a tloud in cause lur brolhir ha invilrsti hi r to visit him in qui tut city and shas iomg all the way by hermit with no parents to ruui evirythim all ol this i rather unlnuh- itihtf but t la written ai in tplratlonal tnurui for thoi t hoot and of gsllonr tnmn aroi thw country who ar about rady to burst into tear lon t lit tt kt t you dou u jihk hthltul tvery dark cloud tin ra k a darkrr one just ktip that in uxiiul and yhi lw unwind at how you feel when ihw aim mdiitlly o if you tan hvu to long typically the student is den led the use nf reference mater lal during examinations he h expected to ha memonwul hat lie needs kxsminations can at heft ask fragmentary quextmns within theiratrlet time limit the sir of suspicion which permeates the clsfcroom n unlilcely to produce the best mental atmohphene in which the student can perfonm well in a businest situation the worker is expected to make the fullest use of reference material so that he can ooncentrate hit iltention on creative problem sohing rather than the reten tion of hard facts few profes sioml peoplo including neus papir editors r pretiuid to memonre the xst factual data which are a part of their work crtainly time la critical in hilsmes but i have rarely en business situations in which a fixed time block is considered adequate to deal with any sub jict no matter how complex s to the dubious advantages of creating mental stress 1 would ha thought that this was one of the least desirable b proilucts ot our society and not one to be encouraged in a learning situation indeed the scientific study of the creative thinking process tells iw that the kind of mentjl stress ts least conducive to probfvm sol writ itijarding studnts marks it has alwovs seemwi monstrous k cruel and injiuman to me lo fvaluate the progress of a human being with numbers or letters it is considerably more difficult to evaluate a students irnsp oa subject by noting his ndmduacprojrest through the chool year in personal discus a ion with him and in consults tion with other teachers yet this is thn practlo in the bus inosa world and would sem the least we could do for the young people whom on commence me ui day we refer to a tlie future leaders of canada the cradtt system lho traditional grade system ujns deceptively foolproof if ue thinic only in term of time tables i iirolbmcnt figures and classroom occupancy however m pnetlce w are all awaiv that in any age group there are tboso who are more advanced than the norm and others who tend to fall behind whether or not we are born equal our par- ojiw our childhood eiwlron uumt and our liklividual make up soon separate us into a div entity of characters home dup cis wwne eggheads some of us tediously alow others dkoon tirtiogly quick to grasp new ideas if in our fcohool days wete among the quick ones how borlntj it ws to be restrel md by tho arbitrary standards of this ruu wktl we wffpthrh- init lo get on with the chal lutge of new problems if we ver much more ground than is possible for hhn at present 11e arverage xtudent would pro bably eaperience little change under the new system thk rigid curriculum present currieula having rig id block of time devoted to rigid subject areas leading o a stock diploma are enticing to those who seek a standardized society or a neat pigeonhole in which to fit the graduating stu dent unfortunately or them students are not inside like en gliwy blocks coming off an ss- aembhy line they have indrvi dual interests and varying cap bllities too often the present system stuhilee an interest in an area in which the student might otherwise have excelled xn the increasingly complex world in which these students will live and contribute surely there is a need for enthusiastic people with a much wider ring of interests technical education in a society almost domlnsted by technology it is tempting lo overemphsftize the importance of learning a trade as indicated by another ot your editorials the pitfall of traditional trade training is that it becomes largely obsolete as techniques change in your own business mr kditor the technology of printing is going througita te volution as computerprogram md photoprinting supplants the tune honoured mysteries nf the linotype machine or the even older craft of handset type the atudeiit with too special ired a training in a trade but without the breadth of educa tion neeed to help him th nk may find himself unemployable much sooner than he imagines idttoftlal msponsiillmr as a private citizen you are entitled to both your opinions and the areas in which you choose to be knowledgeable however as editor of the only news neditam in town you have a further responsibility to be better informed afbout the rapid changes going on in the tyorld an in particular about matter of local significance you suggested editorially that the hall benni recommenda tions if carried out would be deadly and final as any communist takeover could ev er be while it is encouraging to ning to deal with issues of so cial significant i suspect that you are deluding yourself r and lnmilting the intelligence of your readers if you really be- heve that most people in geot getown still accept the comfort able middleclass myth that all will be well if we will juat cling to the simple practice of our grandfathers personally i have i higher neapect for my neighbours young and old and i have great hope for the youthful vigour and imagination of canadian 1n the twentieth century james wahrcn georgetown herald published by home newspaper limited georgetown ontario walter c buhn publisher garfield mcglhrray production superintendent terry harley alleen 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