HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1977-05-04, Page 2112-1494
170 Wallace Avenue N., Flower Phone 291-2040
.211tOth7Et 9f0Till Ltd.
ED VAN GEEST
LISTOWEL, ONT.
YOUR PERSONAL FLORIST
WITH WORLD-WIDE CONNECTIONS
With Otitfier's Day just
around the corner isn't it
time you did something
nice for yourself? Visit the
hair Styling everta at Su-
perhair and let theft cre-
ate your original mood
jtiet for you.
SAVE 50 %
• hve,k. :
ift'SC.:=Ce7:.:e=0,01111111110,
14-843
Reg. 39.95
$19• 95
LOOKS LIKE
HEADPHONES ...
BUT IT'S AN AM RADIO
* Great for yard work,
cycling or even just going
for a walk!
* Works on 9V battery
(incl'd) - no wires or any-
thing to tote
* Controls are on the
earcup
* Earcushions are soft and
padded for comfort
* Built-in antenna
Reg. 19.95 $12°95
LISTEN WHILE
YOU WORK
12-191
SAVE
$10
PORTABLE RECORD
PLAYER AND RADIO
* Music to go — plays
45's, LP's or AM radio
* Even with handy snap-on
cover, it weighs only 41/2
lbs.
* Operates on household
current or 4 'D' cells (not
included)
* A great buy for summer
fun — don't miss it!
$29 695 c-
Reg.
39.95
.13-1164
cy.Vge;A:W4-'
Vg.
THE BRUSSELS POST MAY 4, 1977 ,21
.or Gracie 12 stvdents
Sex
. .110 4,
nice'
and,
Dga,
'son
tha
°hi
and
Mr,
nily
approved
Grade 12 students in the Huron
County education system, will
have their basic knowledge of sex
tested soon after the Huron
County Education Committee
agreed recently to allow the
health unit to give the students a
21 question sex knowledge test.
The Huron County health Unit
approached the board of educa-
tion with the test suggesting that
the students be examined to see
once and for all if cries of not
enough or too much sex education
were true. The test was prepared
by the family planning section of
the health, unit and was to be
given to Grade 10 and Grade 12
students.
The education committee
pondered the merits of the test,
wondering what purpose 'it would
rye. Separate school trustee
Eugene Frayne asked what the
results of the test would prove
and what the health unit hoped to
1 ,03 with the results.
Agreed in. Part
Superintendant of Education
in Coulter said he agreed in part
with Mr, Frayne, pointing out
that the test would serve to
determine student's familiarity
ith terminology and awareness
of the human reproduction
system. He added, however, that
hile the students "might pass
he test they also might fail life."
Huron County Medical Officer
f Health, Dr. Frank Mills, said
he test was designed to find out
hat the students knew and where
ey were getting their know-
dge. He said it was not meant to
aise criticism or point our
hortcomings in the education
ystem but to assess the know-
dge of the students.
Complaints
Dr. Mills pointed out that a
reat number of complaints have
en registered recently that sex
struction is either too specific or
too lax. He said the only way to
etermine what sex education is
oing is to determine what the
udents know.
lie said that by testing both
ade 10 and Grade 12 students,
e board and the health unit
could determine in what grade
the material was being learned.
He said that by testing only
Grade 12 students the board
would find out only that the
material is being taught. By
testing both. Grade 10 and 12 they
could find out where it is being
taught.
The board questioned the need
to test both levels of students as
requested by the health unit.
Most trustees felt there was no
real purpose for the testing, and
they couldn't see testing two
grades.
Exeter trustee Clarence
McDonald set a precedent by
requesting that the education
committee be given the results .of'
the testing. The committee has
never asked for such a report in
the past.
Dr. Mills said the health unit
had intended all along to share
the results of the test with the
board of education, pointing out
that to do otherwise would make
the testing an exercise in futility.
He added that the health unit had
edited the test to make it straight-
forward and to attempt to limit
the amount of criticism raised
concerning it.
Not Public
The committee requested that
the questions contained in the
test not be made public for
obvious reasons. Students taking
the test would not have their
knowledge accurately gauged if
they could read the questions
prior to writing the test.
Question are on subjects from
pregnancy to abortion, touching
on male and female reproductive
systems, passage of eggs and
sperm through the bodies of men
and women and contraceptive
methods.
Only students taking health will
be tested. About 85 percent of the
Grade 12 students are taking the
subject, the remainder having
dropped it in favor of another
course.
A Post Classified will pay you
dividends. Have you tried one?
Dial Brussels 887-6641.
Super Spring
SALE
Prices in effect from May 7 to May 28, 1977
50 % OFF SAVE $7
A TERRIFIC BUY ON ONE OF OUR
BEST-SELLING AM/FM CLOCK RADIOS
* Chronotnatic -104 digital clock
radio, wakes you up gently to AM •
or FM radio...or quickly, with a
buzzer alarm.
* Has easy to read, illuminated flip-
type numerals
* Sleep switch lets you fall asleep to
music, shuts off automatically
* Snooze bar gives sleepyheads a few
Reg. 5 9.95
extra winks.
$29 97
START THE DAY WITH MUSIC
SAVE $2n
GET A STEREO TAPE PLAYER
FOR YOUR CAR
* A low, low price to pay for beautiful stereo
* music in y our auto
Compact size cassette player fits even in small cars -
* Install it yourself — speaker cables, mounting hard-
12-1816 and instructions incl'd ware
* Don't wait — get yours today!
Reg. 59.95 $39 • 95 STEREO TO TRAVEL
* Features sensitive, built-in
condenser mike — jack for a
remote mike, too
* Auto-level for perfect volume
voice recordings
* Easy, pushbutton operation
* Aux and earphone jacks
* AC and DC adapter jacks for home
or car use
* Also operates on 4 'C' cells
MADE ON THIS
MEMORIES ARE
(included)
INDOOR/OUTDOOR
MUSIC
New 40 Channel CB Sets
See our stock NoW..ond- SAVE!
I
BOB -8t .BETTY'S VARIETY
. Main Street Seoforth
40I