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PAGE 2. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, 1996
Teacher brought love of music to love of teaching Multiple Sclerosis
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This will be the last year she will
play ukelele and sing "Columbus"
for the students.
Emily Cousins, a teacher at Brus-
sels Public School has decided to
exercise her 90 option for early
retirement and will not be returning
to the classroom in September.
Having come to Brussels in
1962, after graduating from. Strat-
ford's Teacher's College, Emily
feels that though her work has been
rewarding, she has given to the
many students she has taught, all
that she has. "Maybe I shouldn't
say this, but I am still of the old
school. I think we have to let the
next generation carry on. I feel I
have given everything I can to
teaching and I don't want to keep
going until I burn out."
What has been the most reward-
ing in her years as an educator, has
not been noticed so muchin the
classroom, but in the years after the
students leave. "It is gratifying
when you see kids you haven't seen
in years and you find them happy,
successful. That makes you feel
good."
One special conversation that
comes to mind for Emily happened
a couple of years ago. A former
student, now married and living in
Alaska, called her on the phone one
day. "She said she had just thought
of me and had to call. That was
really something."
What prompted the call, Emily
said, was social studies. " Laura
(her daughter) still has people ask
her, 'Does your mom still play
ukelele and sing Columbus?' The
kids loved that song. It was some-
thing they could move to," she says
of the creative idea she came up
with to put a history lesson to a
familiar tune.
For a teacher who began when
the focus was on reading, 'riting',
'rithemetic, Emily, says this being
creative is what's needed in today's
changing world. Education now,.
she says, is based less on the
basics, than on writing and creativi-
ty. "Technology is changing so
quickly. Today's students have to
know where to find things, experi-
ment and take risks.
For Emily, choosing to become a
teacher, meant taking a chance her-
self. A Grade 12 student in
Hanover, she took up the challenge
after a recruiter from Stratford's
Teacher's College visited the high
school. She took a six week sum-
mer course in Toronto, then taught
in a one-room school in Greenoch,
Twp., north of Walkerton for one
year. This was followed by another
six-week course, a year back in
Greenoch and one year of Teacher's
College.
"I was 17 when I taught my first
year, and very lucky because I only
had eight students. We were one,
big happy family."
When a job offer came from the
Brussels School after college,
Emily, who had never heard of the
village before, thought, "what have
I got to lose?"
In those years, Emily says it was
nothing to have 38-40 students in a
class. That is only one of many dif-
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ferences which liave occurred over
her 30 plus years of teaching.
The arrival of computers has
made a big difference in schools
today. "They're out there in the
world today. Schools have to pro-
vide students with that education.
They have to keep pace with a
changing world, but still give stu-
dents the basic tools."
Relating a story on the different
abilities of the duck and the squir-
rel, ("No one expects a duck to
climb a tree."), Emily wishes edu-
cation was less generalized. She
would like to see some way stu-
dents' strengths could be empha-
sised without pressure put on them
to succeed in subjects they will,
because of preferences, never use
in the future. "Students all have
dreams. They have to do the cur-
riculum, but are we shattering some
of the dreams?"
"The best we can give them is to
teach them to get out there, follow
their dream and keep their eyes tn
their goal."
Brussels Melville WMS met at
the home of Helen Elliott for their
June meeting. It was convened by
Leona Armstrong. She read a
poem, "God has Need of You".
A WMS song was repeated in
unison. Rev. Cathrine Campbell
read the scripture and Leona had
the meditation, followed by prayer
by Ruby Steiss. Leona had a
reading, "My Up Days". and a poem
"Take Time to Pray."
President, Helen presided for the
business. The secretary's and
treasurer's reports were given and
approved as read. Members were
reminded of the bus trip on Sept.
17. There was some discussion
pertaining to meetings and topics
for meetings. These will be
discussed further at next meeting
which will be at Isobel Gibson's
home on Sept. 9.
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