The Wingham Advance-Times, 1984-10-17, Page 27Page 8--Crossroads—Oct. 17, 1984
Special Preferences
In the United States, it
seems almost everybody is
on record as favoring "af-
firmative action", special
preferences for members of
minority groups and women.
All of which is confusing as
these programs have
created an administrative
nightmare, and the reverse
discrimination or quota
system entailed by them is
inconsistent with freedom of
choice.
The pursuit of affirmative
action in the United States
has been especially intense
because of the belief that
blacks, women, and other
groups should receive pre-
ferential treatment to make
up for past discrimination.
The special efforts to widen
the pool of applicants for
various institutions and em-
ployment have aroused a
great deal of resentment
from those who have suf-
fered'from the loss of their
former privileged position.
Frequently, those who were
most qualified were rejected
in favor of others chosen,
simply because they were
members of a minority
group.
The Canadian situation is
very different so we should
not follow the U.S: example,
despite the clamor from
some that we do so. The
character of our nation has
profound influence on hiring
practices. Our population is
more homogeneous than that
of our neighbor to the south,
and it is not surprising,
therefore, that the Canadian'
job market has changed
rapidly without any man-
dated quota system. French
Canadians are entering the
mainstream of the work
force, for several reasons:
increasing bilingualism;,
better education; a push for
French Canadians initiated
by the Trudeau adminis-
tration, primarily in the
federal government, but ex-
tending to the private sector
as well, and the.• gradual
erosion of the "ghetto" walls
that surrounded Quebec.
Women have entered our
labor force, albeit at a
slower pace than in the
United States, while , our
overall employment totals
have expanded much more
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rapidly. Thus, with more
work available here, fewer
had reason to believe that
they were pushed out of their
jobs by new entrants.
Much of the hiring and
promotion here is effected by
word of mouth and habit.
Our smaller and more inte-
grated society permits that.
Managers promote people
with whom they feel com-
fortable, and they employ
people whome they have
been led to believe will be
good employees. As French
Canadians entered the work
force, their reliability en-
couraged the hiring of
other French Canadians.
Hungarian refugees ob-
tained jobs in Canada in the
1950s as word spread that
they were productive and
willing workers. The same
was true of the Vietnamese
"boat" people.
Our increasingly tolerant
society has overhauled
personnel policies voluntar-
ily, mainly because it was
good business to do so.
Therefore, the idea in the
United States that somehow
jobs should be allocated to
various gro a:+; such as
women, seems to be un-
necessary here. It is be
hoped, therefore, that we can
avoid awkward or worse ad-
ministrative, problems.
Our hiring and promotion
policies, as well as ad-
missions to our universities
and other institutions, reflect
sound business judgement
along with the relative
civility and uncontentious
nature of Canadian society.
We are known throughout
the world as generally open
and broadminded, and this
reputation increasingly
seems to be justified.
Dear Fred:
We have just attended an
IPRC meeting for . our
daughter, who is in Grade 2.
The meeting went very well
until the ,end, when the com-.
mittee made its decision of
placement. The decision was
so vague and general that I
don't know if our ,daughter
will get help or not. What
made it even more frustrat-
ing is that the IPRC mem-
bers would not tell us what
they are going to do, when it
will occur or even if it will
occur. All they said was that
it was board policy not to be
specific.
Last May, when we asked
for an IPRC, the principal
assured us that our daughter
would get help every morn-
ing and two afternoons a,
week from the Special Edu-
cation teacher: Now, at the
end of September, we have
found out that she has had no
Special Education, help; that
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A reader from Kitchener,
Ontario Wrote asking, "What
could I do with pieces of satin
that are about eighteen in-
ches wide and a yard long? I
have sevtal smaller pieces
too. Could I make a patch
pillow and would satin be
serviceable?
Providing the satin is of a
good quality, you could
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the most we can hope for is
some advice being given to
the classroom teacher. The
principal has had his Special
Education teacher's time cut
in half by the board, and now
our daughter •will not get the
help she so desperately
needs. What do we do row?
Mr. and Mrs. S.
Fred Gore
member of this Appeal
Board cannot have had any
prior involvement with the
matter under appeal.
Once this has been done,
gather every piece of in-
formation, correspondence,
and reports and -or assess-
- ments you have to present to
the Appeal Boa: J. You may
also wish to invite any and
all persons that you feel
could contribute information
and you .may • even wish to
bring representation in the
form of an educational ad-
visor -advocate or a lawyer.
Dear Mr. and Mrs. S.,
I infer from your letter.
that the IPRC decided .to
continue with your daugh-
ter's placement - in Grade
Two, and that you .disagree
with this placement. You
must now (within fifteen
days), write a letter to the
secretary of the school board
indicating that you disagree
with the committee's place-
ment decision and you give
notice of appeal. Include in
this Ietter why you are, in
disagreement. The school
board must, within thirty
(30) days of the receipt of the
notice of appeal by the
secretary, establish and
(subject to subsections 7 (1)
to (5) of the Ontario Regula-
tion 554-18) appoint the
members of an appeal
board. As stated in subsec-
tion 7 of the same act, the
chairman shall forthwith'ar-
range with you for a meeting
with the Appeal Board at a
convenient time and place.
In practice, you shoilld ex-
pect this.to occur one to three
weeks after the Appeal
Board .has been appointed.
This Appeal Board must
consist of a chairperson
(who is not or never has been
a member or trustee of the
boardor an employee of the
boar) ; a supervisory officer
of the board; anda person
appointed by the parents
who is a member of a local
association(ACLD). Each
For more information,
help and support, contact
your. local ACLD Resource
Centre.
Angie, daughter uI Larry and Bernitd Snide! Mississauga, Ontario
Fred Gore is the director
of St. Jude's Special Educa-
tion Private School and
Learning Assessment Clinic.
He is a qualified Special Ed-
ucation specialist and an ed-
ucational therapist with 14
years' teaching experience
in the field ,of learning dis-
abilities.. Letters , requesting
information should be mail-
ed to "The Warning Signs",
c -o Wingham Advance -
Times, P.O. Box 390, Wing -
ham, Ont. NOG 2W0. Such
letters will be answered and
reprinted without signatures
to protect writers' identity.
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lk
certainly use it for pat-
chwork. There is no end to
what you can make. I saw
lovely evening skirts when I
was in Bankok, Thailand
that were made with small
oddments of the Thai silk
that is so famous.
Use a good dressmaking
pattern as a base, and cut the
satin in uniform oblongs or
squares, blending or con-
trasting the colors. From
this cut out your skirt shape
and sew together in the
normal dressmaking
fashion.
This idea can also be
carried out for a shorter
skirt, a hostess or dressing -
gown, quilt, pillow or even a
teacosy cover. Your question
brought to mind the cover
that I had seen on an old-
fashioned Victorian dressing
table stool. I have also seen
the same idea illustrated as
a triangle shawl.
I am told the design is
know as "Suffolk Puffs" or
"Yorkshire Daisy" and in
the U.S. as "Yo -Yo".
Using an average saucer
as a guide, mark around the
circle, then cut out. Turn the
outer edge down on the
wrong side about a quarter
of an ich, then gather around
with running stitches, draw
up as tightly as possible and
fasten off. The result "the
puff", is, then flattened and
pressed down to form a
much smaller circle. Place
the circles side by side and in
rows, joining where they
touch at top, bottom and
sides.
If you are making a pillow
or quilt, you will need an ob-
long. For a shawl, graduate
the circles from the one long
straight edge down to a
single the right side, or
. placed on the wrong side
whichever you prefer.
When you have your
complete section of "puffs"
which have been joined
together, mount them on a
background of ,one solid
color. Satin would look
marvellous for this too.
For a quilt or shawl, you
could finish the outer edge
with a small ruffle of the
solid . background color,
giving it a slightly romantic'
and old-fashioned air! You'll
find this idea most attractive
and one that will fit in with
any room. decor.
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There is a super• six -part
miniseries being shown `
these weeks on TV Ontario.
It is the story of Sigmund
Freud, named the Father or
Psychoanalysis for his work
delving into the minds of
people.
The series "'begins in the
1870s with the young Freud
experimenting with cocaine,
this fantastic drug that
impresses him because it
seems to give one a high
,without dulling the senses 'or
intellect. He has yet to learn
the drastic "affects of the
° drug and its abuses.
He next experiments with
hypnotism which he finds
totally fascinating. His ef-
forts at finding different
ways of entering the tortured
Minds of his patients are
marvellous to watch. He
brings the conscious and
unconscious face to face in
what often is a hysterical
revealing moment,
emotional for the doctor, the
patient and the viewer. His
belief that, by bringing a
patient's past to the surface
and helping him deal with it
one can make an illness
disappear, placed him in a
class by himself. Many of his
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have an almost abnormal
obsession with some of his
ideas. In spite of that, his
method of dealing with
people, their illnesses,
fantasies, hangups and
dreams, is a practice not
used today as often as it
should be. There is no sub-
stitute for a kind word, a
shoulder to cry on or a gentle
nudge to help you face your
-problems and deal with them
in an honest healthy way.
The miniseries plays
Tuesday evenings at 9 on
TVO and is a BBC produc-
tion. David Suchet is an
intense and haunting Freud
and the supporting cast is
also excellent.
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Canada's Anne Murray
came through last week,
winning two Country Music
Association awards for her
album, "A Little Good
News", and for the single of
the same name. A longtime
winner of several Canadian
Juno Awards and winner of
four Grammy Awards, this
is her first award in the
country music field.
For the third consecutive
year, Alabama was named
entertainer of the year and
L
Chet Atkins took his third
award for instrumentalist of
the year. Top male and
female recording stars were
Lee Greenwood and Reba
McEntire. The vocal duo of
the year was Willie Nelson
and Julio Iglesias who
teamed on, "To All The Girls
I've Loved Before". The
Statlers were named group
of the year and the Ricky
Scaggs Band the in-
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the year, an award that goes
to the writers, was "Wind
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