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PAGE 6. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1998.
Letters to the editor
Writer says get back to basics
THE EDITOR,
I hope many teachers and parents
read the article "School reforms in
the air" by Raymond Canon in the
April 15 issue of The Citizen. He
speaks of education debate in many
places and states the latest changes
in 'the British system are
"streaming, tests, mental
arithmetic, phonics, spelling,
grammar, competition, rewards,
and sanctions."
Does that sound remarkably like
the system we older people had and
which was thrown out as
inadequate? Canon describes it as
"throwing out the baby with the
bath water."
Talking to a principal with the
responsibility of hiring staff, he
told me how frustrated he was with
resumes having spelling mistakes.
"How can they expect a job to
teach?" he said. A member of the
Ontario Parent Council wrote in a
recent article, "Some older teachers
are absolutely great, while some
under 40 had never had even basic
grammar training".
My question is, have we raised a
generation who can program a
computer, yet don't know how to
write a proper thank you note? I'm
told computers can now not only
correct spelling but also grammar
mistakes. Sometimes there are
English words with two very
different meanings — will pressing a
computer key get it right?
In a recent newspaper, a member
GDCI plans
reunion
for 2000
THE EDITOR,
Goderich District Collegiate
Institute will celebrate an All Years
Reunion over the July 1 weekend in
the year 2000. We would like to
hear from anyone who attended, or
was a staff member at GDCI, so we
can tell them all about our
celebrations.
We'd like to know your name,
(including maiden name where
applicable), address, postal code
and attendance years.
Please write us at: GDCI, Alumni
2000,260 South St., Goderich, ON
N7A 3M5.
Fax us at 519-524-1710
(Attention: Reunion 2000).
Or if you want to e-mail us,
check our web site at
www.avonmaitland.on.ca/GDCl/,
and click on "Alumni".
Doug Bundy
Reunion 2000 Comm.
Support hockey
Continued from page 4
disappointing.
Clearly, Blyth Minor Hockey
faces a crisis of sorts if parents do
not volunteer. All present executive
members have volunteered to assist
with the orientation of a new
executive for the 1998-1999
season.
We ask for your help to continue
hockey success in Blyth. We need
your ideas and some of your time.
After all, it is your children who
play hockey.
To ensure children will be
playing this fall in Blyth, PLEASE
attend the May meeting on
Wednesday, May 20 at 8 p.m. in
the arena auditorium.
The future of Blyth Minor
Hockey is in your hands. We count
on your support.
Blyth Minor Hockey Executive.
of the College of Teachers quotes,
"The college is still trying to
confirm how many teachers are in
classes on "letters of permission" —
a temporary licence used to teach in
areas of shortages."
Is there a problem here? Surely
boards consider proper credentials
when hiring teachers.
Canon also wrote, "International
results for math and science saw
Canada in the middle of the pack."
Teachers assure us it was not a true
result, considering it included
students from our multicultural
society who often have language
problems and obtain lower marks.
Regardless Switzerland and Japan
who ranked high in math both
spent more time in basic math,
taught students to do sums in their
head (mental arithmetic) and
THE EDITOR,
This is a letter of commendation
for the Broadway Revue, presented
at F. E. Madill Secondary School
this past week. The teenagers
displayed their commitment,
enthusiasm, and talents to provide
first class entertainment for the
community. Thanks also to the
directors and all others who
contributed in any way.
The only disappointing part of
the performance I attended was the
lack of attendance by members of
the community. The students
deserve a big applause for their
attitude as well as for their talent.
Their hearts and souls were clearly
in the performance even if gallery
seats and many, many others were
empty.
Did you attend any one of the
evenings, or did you let opportunity
pass you by? It was an opportunity
THE EDITOR,
Nurses week is from May 11 -
17. The Management team of
Community Nursing Services
would like to take this time to say
congratulations to all our visiting
and shift nurses in Huron and Perth
Counties.
Our visiting nurses are on call 24
hours a day, seven days a week.
With all the changes in our health
care systems, nurses are caring for
clients with more complex
conditions in the home setting.
The local Community Care
generally calculators were
forbidden.
I do not believe going back to
strictly traditional methods is the
answer. With technology racing
ahead, our students have to be
trained for future jobs. I believe it
is called progressive teaching.
Certainly both systems have merit,
and with proper balance should
have a place in a curriculum that's
in tune with today's world.
If a student was training in
music, they would first learn to
read notes, count time and spend
endless hours on scales and chords
— the basics — to obtain perfection.
Likewise keep the basics
foremost in education. Children
deserve it.
R. Jardin.
to enjoy an evening of
entertainment of extraordinary
quality. It was an opportunity to
encourage and support our youth,
the future leaders of our
community. It was an opportunity
to see, locally, highlights from
musicals that many of us would not
be able to attend in the larger
centres.
We all have opportunities every
day as we go through life. Some,
we let slip through our fingers, and
then find it is too late. I challenge
you to make the most of every day;
to be aware of the present and what
is going on around you, and to give
of yourself in whatever way you
can.
Again, congratulations and a big
thank you to all who made the
evenings of the performances at our
local high school a success!
Mabel Wheeler
(A youth supporter).
Access Centre contracts our agency
to have nurses visit clients in their
own home. Our nurses are highly
skilled and do dressing changes, IV
therapy, palliative care, ostomy
management and teaching (just to
name a few of the services
provided.) These nurses are a
valuable asset to our local
communities.
Hats off to you Girls, you know
who you are and you are very much
appreciated.
Sincerely,
Linda Knight, Cathy Walker and
Karen Smith.
Congratulations to Madill actors
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