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ill 52 is one o t f ese aa
This bill, in part, wi strip some teens
oose to leave high school before the ag vQf 18, o
eirr vilege of acquiring a driver' lice
`The move begs the question; wh y "
It is no small secret that today's •gh-school cur-
riculum is so tough that more than a few parents
find themselves shrugging and smiling politely
wha asked by their cdre-
me
Indeed, the curriculum is so overwhelming that a
.record number of students -- ranging into the 32
percentile according to some estimates --,- are drop-
ping out because, simply put, they aren't making
the grade, and standardized testing is just enough
to send them out the door.
Rather than address problems with curriculum,
or eliminating costly programs of questionable . f
merit, like standardized testing, the government is
choosing to introduce this punitive measure that
will have little effect other than preventing
teenagers from acquiring employment requiring a
driver's licence once they leave school.
In other words, Bill 52 makes about as much
sense as eliminating vending machines from
schools while offering up French fries in the cafete-
ria.
Does the absurdly high dropout rate need to be
addressed? Absolutely.
But, taking away a teenager's driving privilege
use he/she was not m g the grade in high
hool does little more than alienate that youth fur-
4 er. In essence, it could well be argued that Bill 52
is doing its part to create the rebels without a
cause for the New Millennium only this time the
youth aren't licensed to drive.
it is bills like these thatest the duly elected
officials at Queen's Park,` withgtheir sweet incomes
and hefty perks, have lost touch with the electorate
they claim to serve.. It also shows an unwillingness
to undo the harm caused by a former leader who
was himself a teacher, but only for a year, which
makes one wonder if he may have had a chip on his
shoulder on the education question.
-- CLH
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Off-season full of excitement
and optimism for ball fans
My apologies in
advance. Here is yet
another column devoted
to sports.
Unless your team hap-
pens to be one of the
select few that gets to
keep playing into October,
the off-season for Major
League Baseball is really the most important
(and sometimes exciting) time of the year for
fans.
This is when all of the important decisions
are made; .players are released, while others
are signed or resigned. Team management
works around the clock for five months, look-
ing for the right ingredients, attempting to
mold their team into a contender before
spring training arrives in March.
Last off-season was one of the more exciting
in recent memory for the Toronto Blue Jays,
with the signing of B.J. Ryan, Troy Glaus,
A.J. Burnett, Lyle Overbay and Bengie
Molina.
Should we expect another off-season quite
like that? Well, I hope not. Firstly, they can't
afford it and secondly, they don't need to since
most of those named above are returning.
Yet, I've been already pleasantly surprised
once this off-season, when the Blue Jays
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Ron & bove
This is stupid! There's
nothing but war and
violence in the paper
every day! Why can't
people just get alongl
signed veteran free -agent
slugger Frank Thomas,
who last season made a
improbable return to 'Big
Hurt' form, when he hit
.270 with 39 homers and
114 0 RBIs with the
Athletics.
Thomas fills what I
think was one of the few glaring holes in the
Blue Jays' day-to-day lineup last season - the
DH.
As for those other holes, starting pitching is
still a problem in Toronto. (I'm really getting
tired of writing that sentence.)
As of now, Blue Jays' general manager J.P.
Ricciardi says he'd like to resign left hander
Ted Lilly, who made 32 starts. last season and
went 15-13 with a 4.31 ERA and led the team
with 160 strikeouts.
However, Lilly's agent has already fielded
offers from 14 other teams, some of which will
surely out bid any offer Thronto can make.
While the free -agent market does have some
big names like Barry Zito, Mark Mulder and
Andy Pettitte, they will likely be well out of
Toronto's price range, which isn't.terribly
troubling since the Blue Jays really only need
to fill the four and five spots in their rotation.
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