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Walkabout searching for the right passage from childhood by Saxon irajgnt men ana raws and soys I love Two grade nine students made decision They ana recently attempted to break increased their store of f For a research on the world record knowledge about World conceded I learned a lot as part an English project bout fcwfj Se an wlTa Walkabout at Acton accomplishing them react under pressure and how J trip jmj Now what on earth has custom utilized by Ihe career The most important crawling to Georgetown on Aborigines In Australia a Jennifer Howe went egson learned your hands and knees got to young native boy is given a other route ana iook do with learning how to read six months long endurance adventure into the Inner city mmlmum and write test in which he must survive of Toronto Jennifer an tJon j js j Clare Henderson the alone In the wilderness and aspiring journalist had his English teacher who return to his tribe an adult or planned to attend semester completing pioneered the Walkabout die in the attempt The young after graduation As a W0 program at Acton High Aborigine faces a severe resident of a small town she Society explains the rationality of this trial in which he must hoped the trip Sunday The Acton Free Wednesday Nov 30 Firemen to school Deputy Fire Chief Bob Hyde and Fire Prevention Officer Lorry Brassard are going back to school Monday Italian Hills works committee approved attend ance at the Ontario Fire Col lege in Gravenhurst next year or both men Hyde will take part one of the Fire Protection Tech ticlogy Course from May 8 to June From November to December Brassard will be at the Fire College taking part one of the Fire tion Technology Course There is no registration fee so all the town must do is con tinue paying the two mens wages while they are at school seemingly illogical venture demonstrate knowledge and A Walkabout is a real life skills necessary to make him personal experience chosen a contributor to his com by students to be carried on munity rather than a drain or outside the simulated en its meager resources vironment of the classroom In his Isolation the youth The students must decide to compelled lo explore familiarize her with frightening big city film strips Some of the endeavors included ma era me crochet and sewing One girl spent time a senior citi7ens group learning the old art of quilt and also learning the fascinating history of Acton or her anxieties and Diane con firmed a love of animals She is now Animal Jennifer did a lot of Health at SI Clare College in research on Toronto before Windsor preparing for a life- she went and while touring dim occupation St Chinatown Sandra Early a do something never inner and spiritual resources and other exciting musician organized a I done before The Walkabout confront his anxieties and p she took colour slides choir at her church lrom is an experimental enrich- come to terms with himself her presentation lo the and accompanied them on Ihe so ine menl project which helps a and society He develops a teacher and class Asaresull organ For her presentation student grow intellectually love and respect for the land overwhelming ex she recorded some of the and emotionally to prepare he must take from pcrlence Jennifer has hymns the children sang Ihem for the real world out Clare Henderson in decided to go to Sheridan Col This year Sandra is al Sir side the confine or the school troduced the Walkabout idea e vear instead study Wilfrid University in walls The experience must to his grade 12 and community Journalism and Waterloo studying Music to their knowledge in Canadian lilerature classes AS PART of her Walkabout program Geraldine Schonnop helps out at Home for Senior Citizens third one went along with her friend because she couldn think of anything else But likely the one who doesn I know what she wants may end up getting more out of the experience than the other two Mr Henderson specula led Geraldine Schonnop a grade twelve student is working all day every day at Home for crease skills and give last year after reading them a feeling of in article in an educational dependence and journal In the article Maurice Gibbons a Mr Henderson said the university professor com Walkabout is a challenge pares the cant mat designed to shock the un between the actual itcd students to Walkabout experiences of the awareness lo relieve some of Aborigine lad lo the the peer pressures hat learning of a prevent Ihe followers from Canadian adolescent doing things that arc preparing for the future ferent for fear of being Gibbons points out In laughed at contrast to the young native is intended to Walkabout experience the shock corpses lo life and to western youth is faced with electrify the living to an written examinations that exciting and challenging test skills very far removed existence from Ihe actual experiences So how does all this apply to he will have in real life He the exhausted Glen Van familiar Iheoreclical and Mike Ashley with problems but apply their aching muscles and hem to strange but real blistered hands and knees situations He is always under First of all Ihe pair hid lo direction in a protccled en study Guinness Book of His education has World Records lo find a to do with reaching challenge Ihey fell they could maturity or developing fully take on The boys then placed as a person And yet what distance call to the will matter to him and his United States to confirm he crawlinj record I miles Finding information by telephone visiting local newspapers seeking pubheiy soliciting sponsors is not his writing ability or even what he knows about what he feels what he stands for what he can do and what he is becoming as a person Mr Henderson noted that helps The donations represent a lne 5 per cent Increase over Inst l0 RABBITS 197 positive reactions of the that his semester I lave introduced Ihe Walk iboul program to all English Seniors on Main Street She is teachers in the school Mr finding the venture a Henderson remarked We tremendous personal help as decided make it com as helping others She The young lady who spend because if we left it heir hair makes the optional the unmotivated beds and helps prepare and students whoslandtobeiiefll the meals most from the program feels this is valuable training ire the ones who would choose not lo do it So every student at all do There such a difference rewarding Carol also high even in the air It a nice attending Wilfrid this as lis per to visit but working towards a cent of the mark on This semester Jennifer is business career their report card Since it is a doing her Walkabout with the Other students chose to Personal experience each Acton Free Press She spends plays novels songs iuacn assists inc three afternoons a week poetry or make animated evaluation of his own project Mr Henderson put it only live at home Education and Organ If you don know Toronto The young lady who It really something her Monday Wednesday and observed But the Walk Friday afternoons tutoring a about changed my mind hyperactive child in Grade 1 about working for a big city was not necessarily per dally I really glad 1 had forming a career oriented the opportunity to assess it Walkabout Carol Grant just before I made the plunge wanted a future career in Com munity Services Among other Walkabout choices Ihis semester are skiing lessons learning broomstick lace and caching disabled children ride horses A few sludenls have formed a film club lo bring good movies lo town al an affordable price Students who are not particularly academically inclined are finding prac experience more to their liking Some with Ion ore Increasing their self confidence But all will gain in aware ness of themselves and the people around them that cannot be laught in a class room selling Clare Hen derson contends Sehool3 are artificial environments The Walkabout tan go a long way in developing a real to raise money for the school our educational and organizing adults to long Ignored the emotional accompany them on their aspects of learning journey they learned So as an experiment he valuable communication asked his students to accept skills that will benefit them the personal challenge and all their life They must now lake on a real life experience further their communicating outside the usual bounds of abilities by giving a written ihe school The were or verbal presentit ion to Ihe to choose from five class relit their ex categories Community Service CreallveAesth And what an experience Adventure Research or Mr Henderson exclaimed Vocational Something that seemed silly They were given specific frivolous became one of objectives and criteria lhal it Ihe most dramatic must increase their we ve had so far knowledge In some way The The boys became instant kept a journal to celebrities record Ihcir reactions At the Everybody became a part end of the semester each of it The free Press The student was timelabled to Herald The Toronto Star and present the experience to the other newspapers picked up class They outlined what the The adventure did showed results sparked school spirit as and lold how it was an many older students offered learning experience lo accompany the youngsters They defined the personal on their 10 mile journey along challenge and most impor Highway while others gave tant described Ihe personal pledges Friends and growth lhat took place as a strangers were on hand to result cheer on to victory It I was very reluctant lo bridged the generation gap as give specific examples since students often leap on Ihe leathers ideas 1 wanted each Walkabout to be totally Henderson said I was afraid Ihey miLht come in with stupid and insignificant things but was amazed had some tremendously brilliant original ideas We could never have compiled a list from which they could choose that would include the things they came up with Since there is a lot of em phasls on ecology these days several students chose to take EVALUATING THEIR own projects is an portant part of the Walkabout program English teacher Clare Henderson helps Jennifer Rowe evaluate her project the person himself knows how much he put into it and how much he got out of Hair the mirk is by the leather while the student himself on a scale of 1 to on a prepared ill sheet semester students throughout he set h1 have thrown them selves into the Walkabout with the sime enthusiasm to the long list of including Crawl rhrce 12 yrls Bonnie and Julie are spending whole da every second week assisting teachers at the Development Centre in Milton They help retarded with I ilitics rwo if the hope ti a career working with the the boys parents became involved It mailer that the boys did not succeed Their success lies in fact that Sheridan fund United Way is richer thanks to the efforts Sheridan College students staff and faculty Fifty business students put several 10 their skills Into extensive canoe trip in practice and raised Northern Ontario wilder during i two day fund raising 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