Whitby Fros Proos, Wodnosdcay, May 1,1995 ,Page 7 Confirming the obvious Parents may have always had 'it rigt: Do Your Homework. Now that we too, repaets we can easily pase on the bromide. WIomewrkeDoneetî? (Ever notice how parents *always talk so that the - -Y first letter of each work is a capital? Like A World War Two Newspaper? "I Said: Is Your Home Work Done Yet?") But now, it seema, research bas beu to revealRt what Mother always knew: homewor]i gets good grades. To paraphrase an article ublished earlier this week in the Globe and Mireprintd- from The Econornist, which ini turn quotes several unspecifledR 4b academic studies: nothing does it better. What research bears out: homework bas a stronger correlation With good grades than family income _________________________________ race, family bckground, schoohing of parentsscl clasa. Everytbnigit- seems, except abihity. Taone assumes, we ar brn with.______________________________________ See if this Unme of reasoning foflows. A generation or_________________________________ two a go we knew that homework counted. Then for soereason it didn'tcount as much. We allowed some icant portions of some generations ta go through scël without realizing its importance. ---------- N~ow if it took a generation and a haif and several bi-powered chi-square differential deviations ta îndicate that 'By George, I think we're on ta some- thing here!' -- then where in God's littie apple orchard has common sense been Io these many decades? Put it in context: if someone said (afler two years of study) that practising the violin (daily) was essential ta musically success we would laugéh at hlm for proving the obvious. And it should be no surprise if a study showed that yo&n hockey players do better if they practice shootng and skating in addition ta the regular tearn drils. Surely no one believes that a writer could produce a Pulitzer Prize Winner by attending classes every day and notbing else. At some point the seat of the pants must be applied, in great quantities. One part of homework, however, that surveys do not seem ta have taken inta account. Homework - whether at the rink, the ballet studio, the swimming pool, at music practice at numbers 'n' ciphers - usually requires parental involvement. Is it the homework alone which leads to success? Or is it the hornework, combined with caring farnily ws i UD BYANRNGIEUO TOT1OHOPALC.12 security, wbich gains resuits?NM EM D YN U MATO AM HSPA1C.M To answer that, we'd need a study of homework MsS Gerti-ude Bryan (1872-1961) was a native of Wbitby who was Director of donefreey ad rearl outideof a enouraingNursing at the Whitby Mental Health Centre from 1921 to 1932, when she was. dnnp 4p1v nd rppnlarv antide o an ecoutranLyferrd to Coboueff rg Hosi._Sheclebrated her 88th birthday 35 years agro on May And more.. e K3ad P gro-ery tore is aving a 25-oent sale. Aomewmore awh. eidut. asg.wnu aoud* is ertrude lryansuerntendent of nurses at the Ontaro Hospital from 1921 te p ruct nas oget abutrdeisg an techngy *1932, olebrates ber 88th birthdaY tomorrow- ilgeka h rgesv prdc ae.Fet.aYoutdsgan ehogy Hon. Kelso ROberts,'9 Ontario Attorney General 13.sek ttePrgesv stunning enu want a product to seIl, get Conservative annual meeting in the Town Hall on &a13 the nam e right. v i h a t d c d sf o h hu s a pM y6 9 5 eii n o h Welalmost. Increasingly oerth pat ecde,80YERSANDGO NIM names Liave given way ta ale;hAbet soup. Tu~,My611 dto fh Sawant ta corne for a ride ini my GLX, ta pick U a* The Board of Education has asked the Town Cuclfr$,0 ebidanwhg "Sa8DX2 ak thoead e tSpo M1 choo<l.as i myWorkstationr om*ndst t ponm GaA town basbali lemue bas been formed with Albert W. Jackson aspresident- Sotaine - A meeting was heldf at the BaPtist Sunday School te discusa the formation of a Girl msr y, n model 50Z blew a mother board. And Guide troop in Whitby. my Crnar Z nedaa ne hea.0*J.J. Kelso, Superindendent of Neglected and Dependent Cbildren of Ontarlo -will This emra m sa b w euta d. el aesaegive an address accornpanied by lanternasildes in te Town Hall tomorrow. takcing over. Power Mac. Pentium W. Chicago.-Acura ____________--gaz_________________ Nainei loaded with meaning.______________________ ____________