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1 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanvilie, January 16,1985 3 B.H.S. NEWS E By Merrilee Brown, Editor Editorial: Departmentals January has arrived and we are all facing the consequences consequences of our broken New Year's Resolutions, especially the one about studying for exams. Along with the arrival of weather which is ideal for skiing, we also have the arrival of that other January event - exams; a word which strikes fear in every student's heart but is really nothing more than two hours of blood, sweat and tears. And with every January comes the even more frightening rumour that Departmentals will be reinstated. reinstated. In the '60's, Departmentals were terminated much to the pleasure of future Grade Thirteen students across the province. The standardized exams were ended largely because of the excessive costs of creation, distribution and marking. The exams were set by "independent, unbiased sources" and were marked only by the most experienced and independent teachers to produce a certain uniformity of marking. In addition, teachers and students objected objected to spending the entire year working solely for the purpose of writing one exam. The main disadvantage, to both students and teachers, of Departmentals was pressure. The teacher was under pressure pressure to cover all aspects of the subject because the teacher had no idea of the contents of • the sealed envelope which enclosed enclosed the exam. In some departments, especially English, the choice of texts was very limited. 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A university degree was the ticket to a good job and a career in the field of your choice. Today, some courses, such as Electrical Engineering, require an average mark of up to 95 percent. In the slumping job market, a university degree is no longer "a ticket to Easy Street" if the number of unemployed unemployed and underemployed university graduates is any indication. The pressure to succeed on students is enough as it is. It is debatable whether the Departmentals were a realistic evaluation of the student's knowledge or progress. progress. Certainly, the major advantage of standardized exams is the uniformity of evaluation. The student's performance on the particular day of the exam could be ranked against other students, regardless of school or district. district. The exams, however, did not take into consideration the progress of the student or the natural tendency to have "off- days." Most students objected to Departmentals because their entrance to University was based entirely on the results of the one examination. Many examinations at university, however, are worth 100 percent of the term's work. Since the Grade Thirteen year was just a preparatory year for University, the Departmentals Departmentals gave the only experience experience of writing one "end-all" exam. It was possible to go through five years of high school without writing a final examination, therefore Departmentals were the first experience of some students writing an examination on the entire year's work and therefore therefore served as an excellent preparation for University. A disadvantage of the Departmentals was the fact that the results were always late. The student was uncertain uncertain of his or her eligibility for entering university until late July or early August, decreasing decreasing the time for students to prepare for the coming year. It is certain, though, that the present system cannot remain long. Wide disparities in standards of high school curricula and evaluations have caused some universities SINCE 1917 MR. SKEA OF SKEA'S CORNERS WOULD HAVE APPROVED Yes, Mr. Skea set up shop a few years before MURRAY JOHNSTON'S MEN'S WEAR and right at the Four Corners in the early 1800's. But were he here today he would have given Murray Johnston's Va YEARLY SALE his blessing. MURRAY JOHNSTON'S Va YEARLY SALE STARTS TUESDAY 15 JANUARY 1985. Murray Johnston (oshawa) Limited 8 SIMCOE ST. N. ."*# Downtown Oshawa © 725-4511 Stanza TVISSAN MAJOR MOTION. Your First Choice TEST DRIVE ONETODAY MIDWAY MOTORS n NISSAN 1300 DUNDAS ST. E. WHITBY 668-6828 TAX, LICENCE, FREIGHT, PREP EXTRA to add or subtract marks from a student's average depending on the school from which the student comes. Soon, pressure from the overloaded universities universities will force the Ministry of Education to drastically change the system. Standardized tests, creating the same uniformity of evaluation while lessening the pressure of one "be-all end- all" exam and allowing for human nature's "off days", may be a solution. Professor W. D. Valgardson of the University of Victoria believes that "External evaluation of student work must be undertaken undertaken on a regular basis...only this will free the conscientious teacher from...pressure to cover up any lack of learning." learning." One fact that is clear, however, is that Departmentals Departmentals were not the solution in the past and will probably not be the answer in the future. B.H.S. SENIOR REDMEN CONTINUE TO WIN By Sam Laskaris After enjoying a two-week layoff for the holidays the B.H.S. senior boys' basketball team got back into the swing of things by playing a total of five games this past week. On Tuesday the team travelled to Anderson High School in Whitby to play an exhibition match with the Raiders. Then on Thursday the Redmen played against the Port Perry Rebels in Port Perry. On Saturday the team competed in the Uxbridge Invitational Tournament and came away as 'B' division champions. In the game against Anderson perhaps it was the long layoff which affected Bowmanville's play. Another possible reason to explain the Redmen's mediocre play in this game could be the fact that the team was overconfident overconfident considering Anderson competes in the L.O.S.S.A. 'A.A.' league while Bowmanvilie Bowmanvilie plays in Triple A competition. competition. Instead of Bowmanvilie' taking control of the game a (I one would have expected it was the Anderson squad which took charge, and this enabled the Raiders to hold a 25 -18 lead at the half. After playing the third quarter with a bit more intensity the Redmen made up their deficit in the fourth quarter. After regulation time had concluded the score was deadlocked deadlocked at 49-49. Since it was only an exhibition encounter both coaches decided that only one three-minute overtime period would be played to try and determine a winner. It appeared as though the Raiders would win this contest as they held a slim 53 - 51 lead with seconds remaining in the contest. Then just as the game's final buzzer sounded the Redmen's Jamie Baxter was fouled as he put up a shot. Baxter was awarded two foul shots and had to sink both of them in order for Bowmanvilie Bowmanvilie to earn a tie. With all five fans and both squads looking on in eager anticipation Baxter kept his composure and was successful in scoring both free throws. Thus the final score after the period of overtime was 53-53. In what has to be considered a rare occurrence, four Bowmanvilie players all tied for the game's top scorer position. Ryan Brown, Henry Duewel, Jay Kelly and Rod Tukker all had eight-point games. George Wind added seven points for the Redmen followed by Steve Brown with six points, Eric Peebles with four points and John Theriault and Baxter who had two points apiece. In Thursday's game against Port Perry the Redmen dis- Œ a bit better quality of ball as they handily defeated the Rebels 65 - 43. Bowmanvilie jumped into an early lead with two quick layups layups from Peebles and then never looked back. Peebles went on to score eight more points in the opening quarter to allow B.H.S. to hold on 18 - 10 lead. With Peebles sitting on the bench in the second quarter it was Baxter's turn to get hot as he connected for eight points in this quarter. At halftime Bowmanvilie held a very comfortable comfortable 33 -16 lead. Inserted into the lineup once again in the third quarter Peebles went on a scoring spree one more time as he connected for eight more points. The fourth quarter saw both tçgms play rather evenly as the' Redmen coasted to their victory. As expected, Peebles was the game's top scorer with 20 points. He was followed by Wind and his 14-point effort and Steve Brown who scored 10 points ; Baxter added his eight points while Tukker connected'for sit'*.points, Rick 'Magnet' Vandenmcleti, Bruce Cooke and Brian Clément all had two points while Duewel added a single point to round out Bowmanville's scoring. With this victory Bowmanvilie TIP THE SCALES IN YOUR FAVOR. New. Improved. It's even easier. The Quick Start Weight Loss Program, the most successful program in the history of Weight Watchers, has now been made even easier with more of the easiest menu plans we've ever offered, So join the millions of people who lost millions of pounds on the Quick Start Program because this year we've made it easier --just for you. Just for your lifestyle. Don't wait -- join Weight Watchers® today. THE NEW, IMPROVED QUICK STARTPROGRAM FROM WEIGHT WATCHERS 1 /2 PRICE SPECIAL January 2 to January 26,1985 Join Weight Watchers for $9.00 instead of the regular $18.00 on your first meeting and registration fee. $7.00 weekly thereafter. Senior Citizens and students join for $4.50 instead of the regular $9.00. $4.00 weekly thereafter. Class BOWMANVILLE Location: Memorial Park Club House Liberty Street S. Thursday 6:45 p.m. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CALL: 1-800-268-3915 increased its record to five wins against a single loss in regular season play. The B.H.S. junior team remained winless as they dropped a 62 - 37 decision to Port Perry. The top scorers for Bowmanvilie were Brian Heard and Guy Marjerrison with eight points each. The B.H.S. midget team made it two victories out of three against Port Perry as they doubled the Rebels 52 - 26. Geoff Vandermolen was Bowmanville's top scorer with 12 points followed by Vince Rimes who contributed 10 points. On Saturday in the Uxbridge Tournament Bowmanvilie played its first game against a familiar opponent - the Port Perry Rebels. Just as they had done two days earlier B.H.S. defeated the Rebels, this time by a score of 56 - 39. With this victory Bowmanvilie Bowmanvilie moved on to play the Henry Street Hawks from Whitby. After playing evenly with the Hawks throughout most of the game B.H.S. fell apart in the game's final two minutes and lost 56 - 50. This game however could turn out to be a blessing in disguise as it allowed Bowmanvilie an opportunity to see Henry Street's strengths and weaknesses. weaknesses. These two teams play once again in about two weeks' time in regular season play and the Redmen know that they will have to play rather well for the entire game if they wish to beat the Hawks. Bowmanville's final game of the tournament was against the Anderson Raiders. B.H.S. won this game 43 - 38 to become the tourney's 'B' champions. Wind who was named the game's most valuable player led the Bowmanvilie attack with 12 points. Steve Brown added 10 points while Tukker replied with nine points. Cooke and Peebles had four points each while single baskets were scored by Baxter and Theriault. All three B.H.S. teams played again on Monday in the B.H.S. gym against the Paul Dwyer Saints from Oshawa. Results of these games will be published next week. THE MUSIC BEAT By Carole-Anne Vatcher Thanks to a lot of hard work, the Dance Marathon held last month by the Music Department Department was a huge success! Please help us reach our goal by turning in your sponsor money to Mr. Parker in the Music Room. Do hurry, though, because next week the Senior Band Executive is bringing in the local Law Enforcement Agency complete complete with everything from thumb screws to - yes - sophisticated artillery. You don't want your name read over the P.A. System, or a wild-eyed Music teacher yelling yelling obscenities at you in the hall. So come on. get that money in soon and watch your Music mark increase by ten percent! 7 ----r- Clinic Pharmacy at 222 King Street East in Bowmanvilie is emr B.H.S. Co-op student Pam Cowles (shown at left above). At right is pharmacist pharmacist and owner Mr. Neale McLean. By A1 Woodlock Did you ever think of becoming becoming a pharmacist? It would be wise to thoroughly research the requirements for this occupation before you decide to proceed. Acceptance to a university pharmacy program is extremely difficult. difficult. Grade 13 students will probably have to obtain an average of over 80 percent in order to be considered. Pam Cowles is a grade 12 student at B.H.S. who is thinking thinking about a career in the pharmacy field. Within a year Pam will have to decide whether to try a pharmacy type of occupation of not. Helping her with that decision is her Co-op job placement. She is working with pharmacists pharmacists and their assistants at Clinic Pharmacy in an attempt to find out what it's really like to be working in that profession. Pam started out, as everyone everyone does, with basic menial duties and hopefully by the end of the school year she will be able to function in a way that is similar to a pharmacy dispensary assistant. She has been taught the prescription system, computer operations, certain dispensing procedures, procedures, invoice reading, pricing, the charge system, telephone procedures etc. As well as specific job skills Pam is learning the general philosophy and human relations relations aspects of pharmacy. Such. areas as customer relations and confidentiality are emphasized and taught thoroughly. So far Pam is enjoying her work and doing well, but she still has career decisions to make. Her Co-op job may provide added motivation motivation and incentive to proceed proceed in the pharmacy field or it may cause her to look elsewhere. elsewhere. Mr. Neale McLean and his staff have been extremely kind and sincere in providing Pam with a truly professional on-the-job learning situation. Thank you Mr. McLean and staff for helping to develop more career awareness for our students. Fund Raising Plan For Education Councillor Charlotte Clay, Gordon Car- ruthers and Jim O'Connor, O'Connor, Hamilton Township, Township, Ray Bowen and Ed. Haynes, Cobourg, George Stephen, Hal- dimand Township, Roy Forrester, Orono, Pat Lawson, Port Hope, and Sid Rutherford, Kirby are members of a board committee formed to SCHOOL BOARD BRIEFS Queen's University and 62 were enrolled in enrolled the largest number of grade 13 graduates from the local public school system. system. A report to trustees trustees noted that Queen's enrolled 39 of the grads from Northumberland and Newcastle. The second most-popular institutions were University University of Toronto with 27 students and Trent with an equal number. Of the community colleges, colleges, Sir Sandford Fleming attracted 87 N orthumberland-N ew- castle students. Sixty- five went to Durham Loyalist. Trustee Russ Walker said at last week's school board meeting that he is concerned over indications that the policy of metric measurement may be discontinued. "We've been teaching metric in our schools for years now and I would hate to see it reversed," reversed," he said. The trustee added that the Canadian Teachers Federation has already taken a stand in support support of metric establish a fund raising foundation to support the education program offered at the Ganaraska Forest centre. The establishment of the foundation was one of the propositions suggested by the board to help cover expenses incurred by the program. program. 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