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6.,-THE BRUSSELS POST, MAY 18, 1877
Sugar and Spice
by Bill Smiley
That time of year
This is a time of year when a lot of school
teachers get a sinking feeling.
All year they have been laboring in the
fairly barren vineyards of their students,
sustained by the knowledge that' there is
still time to produce a green shoot or two,
and maybe even enough grapes to make
some kind of brew.
" Suddenly, there are only 16 teaching
days left, and there is the dreadful
realization that they have exhausted all
their skills, and that it had about as much
effect on Susie and Joe as would a bucket
of water poured over a seal. It just doesn't
stick.
Thus, when they should be looking
forward with anticipation to end of term
and summer vacation, many teachers find
themselves instead in a veritable Slough of
Despond.
It is the students' perennial belief in
miracles that puts the teachers onto
anti-depressant pills about now,
Aside from school work, adolescents are
not dumb. They, are quite aware that
education these days is a sociological
jungle from which they have a far better
chance of emerging unscathed than do
those poor devils who try to teach them.
They know that in our enlightened
society, "failure" is a dirty word, and that
everyone from the Minister of Education,
through the school - board, down to their
classroom teacher, will do back flips trying
to avoid pinning such a label on them.
Many students know perfectly well that
they can goof around most the year, play
truant, miss assignmentS be late with
essays; and nothing verb terrible will
happen to them.
In fact, if they go around looking serious
and sincere for the last few weeks, and do
a little work, there's every chance that they
will scrape or scramble through; only to
repeat the whole process the next year.
Born and raised in a society where it is
no shame to accept charity, because it's
now,, ,`dignified as welfare, where
unemployment insurance is a cosy cushion
against adversity, where their aged
parents will be looked after by the, state,
where the work ethic is scorned, where the
semi-litera to hockey player or pop star is
not only idolized but rich, the kids are not
going to get their shirts in a knot over
something as apparently irrelevant as
doing well at school.
And let's not blame them too much.
Let's take a look at the world we're passing
on to them.
It's a world strangling-drowning in its
own poisons,created by the greed of past
generation s.Theicids see the greed and the
poisoning going right on. Small wonder
they are a little cynical about some of the
virtues such as unselfishness and the
golden rule.
It's a world ' in which the rip-off is
admired, on the whole.They see unions
ripping off management, management
ripping off the consumer, everybody trying
to rip off the government. So why not rip
off the school system? It's the biggest
sucker of all.
It's a world in which the media pander to
the bizarre and violent. The hijacker, the
terrorist are overnight sensations. Is it
naive to suggest that these are responsible,
to some extent, for the bomb warnings,
and the incredible vandalism in our
schools?
It's a world of drugs. The old man has
his drinks every night and gets smashed on
the weekend. The old lady has 18 different
kinds of pills. Why not run away from
reality by emulating them.
It's a world in which the daily .papers
are full • of examples of corruption in high
places. A senator here, a president there,
has helped himself. So what's wrong with
cheating, as long as you aren't caught?
It's a world in which the best and bravest
are often bullied by the brutal and
belligerent. So why not give the teachers a
hard time? "They can't do nothin' to ya,
anyhow, 'cept senija home. So what? Write
a note and sign your old man's name."
Not a very pretty picture? You're right,
gentle reader. But this is not an indictment
of students. It's a cry of shame for the •
society we're handing on to them.
Let's restore "failure"toour vocabulary.
Let's restore "excellence," another word
that's been dropped. Let's show the kids
that apathy is ugly, that reason is superior
to violence, that love and sex are not
synonymous, that compassion and courage
far outweigh cruelty and cowardice.
I'm sorry for them, and what we have
shown them. But I don't despair. Let's
show them it's a beautiful world, and that
they are beautiful and that they are needed
to make it more' beautiful. Then watch
them go.
Accidents keep OF'P busy
During the week May 9 - 15
officers at Wingham Detachment
conducted 36 investigations.
3,4 charges were laid under the
Highway Traffic Act with forty-
three warnings issued.
Fourteen charges were laid
under the Liquor Licence Act.
One charge was laid under the
Criminal Code.
During the week, there •
were four Motor Vehicle collisions
which caused an estimated
$2500.00 in property damage and
injuries to five persons.
On Sunday, May 15, Gary M.
Keffer of R.R.1, Ethel received
minor injuries as a result of a
single car accident on Mill Street,
West of Turnberry St., Brussels.
David B. McCalluin of
Teeswater was injured as a result
of a Motorcycle aecident
sideroad 33 -34, north Of
ConceSsion Road 8 - 9y East
WawanoSh Twp
Donald R. Charles of Oorrie,
and two passengers in his vehicle`;
Kenneth 3.PdiiiiifigtOn of
TeetWater and Ronald L. Ward of
Book helps d
treat alcoholic
The Ontario Medical Associa- treatment of an alcoholic ad
tion has compiled for physicians' a much of the success of a pcogivo new, book on Alcoholism, which depends on a physician's attito
outlines appropriate treatment of and approach.
the disea se at its different stages Dr. Slater said, "alcoholis6
and lists provincial resources for with its associated problems is I
help. growing concern facing of
According to Dr. John Slater of society and the doctor has ki
Cochrane, the OMA believes the obligation to treat the alcoholic:,
doctor is the key person in the The chairman of the Public
Health Committee said the mop effective behaviour modificatioe
program developed to date is thy
employee assistance program,
which uses const 'ructive coercion plus support fromthe work
supervisor, the plant doctor and
the patient's family. He indicated
'that few alcoholics are motivated
to seek, accept and respond k
treatment unless out side
pressures are exerted. Dr. Slat
praised the work of large'
industrial companies and labour
unions who have worked side
Side to help alcoholic employee
through difficult situations,
Dr. Slater said that the
continuing education of the
physician is one of the Ontario
Medical Association's responsi•
bilities. The alcoholism booklet
published in conjunction with the
Addiction research Foundation, is
designed to help the primary care
physician in the - diagnosis and
assessment of problems relatedto
alcoholism • and treatment
modalities.
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