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41,.clocate,„April II, 1974 'Pate 19
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Editorial That time's
here again Trouble in paradise?
Is there trouble in paradise? Teachers are prone to leave office
memos, and other material lying around and naturally some of it
comes to the attention of students,
This week's missive was a letter from the staff representative
claiming, "Something has to be done".
Apparently South Huron is setting some kind of a record for stu-
dent absenteeism, or so we are led to believe. This "horrible
situation" is being encouraged by teachers we are told.
What teachers? None of mine, Any of yours?
"If we accept their bodily tardiness (sic) should we not readily
accept late assignments, etc." the letter said.
For those of us who have spent hours trying to con a teacher into
accepting a late assignment, we wish this was true.
"Some teachers advise that this (attendance and punctuality) is
a matter of school philosophy and hence the prerogative of the
school's administration", sounds like a reasonable idea. All
students who have received treatment they consider to be too soft
from the Principal or Vice-principal please attend the meeting to
be held in the phone booth on main street.
g1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111% TOWN HALL PETITIONS — For the past couple of months students at South Huron Diitrict High School hove
had the opportunity to sign two petitions regarding the fate of Exeter's town hall. One petition called for sav-
ing of the hall and the other asked that the hall be demolished but the clock saved. In the above picture
Guardian editor Shirley DeVries checks the signatures, A total of 37 names appeared for saving the
building and 39 for preservation of the clock only. T-A photo
Pre-requisites for early grades,
more choice in succeeding years
It's that time of year again. If
the faces around SHDHS look a
little long and weary this week
the reason is fairly obvious .
Exams.
Not only exams, but the last set
we will face this year, do I hear
you cry hurray? Well maybe, but
it also means this is the last
chance to convince teachers that
we really were listening despite
the snoring sounds emanating
from our end of the room.
June bloomers will have to
come into flower more slowly and
over a longer period of time. No
more waiting until final exams
and then studying like h..., to
grasp victory out of the jaw of
defeat.
Speaking of exams, it is now
almost certain that the school
will be run on the long period day
next year, five periods per day
including lunch. This does not
mean semestering, simply long
periods with periods one to five
on day one and periods five to ten
on day 2.
Don't panic, the ten periods
include activity periods. Since
this system will allow 70 minute
periods for each class and 140
minute periods for those subjects
which have double periods,
perhaps this will be the last year
for formal examinations.
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By TOM CREECH
Well, the school year is now two
Burkley Restaurant
Last chance to listen
to local Syntax group
MAIN ST. EXETER
The choice is narrowed down to
two alternatives: the return to a
core area of subjects or an in-
creased burden on the already
over-taxed guidance department.
Frankly it's a frightening thought
to think that an individual could
go through four years of
schooling with no English, no
Math, or no Physical Education.
Hopefully education is more than
just a breeding ground for fac-
tories such as Talbotville.
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soprano solos; and Jim's speedy
fingers on bass with his feet
pounding out the beat of the song.
Last butInotleast we have shy,
quiet, Bobby, who would love to
sing "Smokin' in the Boys'
Room" with a one-letter change
in the first word. He has to be the
most talented drummer for his
age that I've ever seen. New
Years Eve and Bobby will always
be synonymous with those of us in
Syntax.
Of course we have disagreed at
times, but for six individuals I
believe we have all compromised
in order to keep harmony within.
the group. After all that's the
meaning of "syntax" — a
"harmonious composition",
according to the dictionary. Our
main aim, when we began, was to
get together for the sheer
pleasure of making music. In my
opinion we've been successful.
"Participating in this group
has been an experience for me,
one which I won't forget and
wouldn't have missed for the
world. The past five months
constitute a wealth of knowledge
about personalities, music and
myself. I believe that to learn of
oneself is to become a stronger
person, because whether or not
that knowledge is self-edifying,
the individual matures.I from it.
Isn't growing the essence of life?
To the future Syntax: I wish all
of you an enjoyable, profitable,
summer and pleasant memories
of the past months we've shared
together.
By SUE DAVIS
Thursday, April 11, will be the
last chance for South Huron
students to listen and dance to the
present six members of a band
known as "SYNTAX". The group
will play in this area until mid-
June, but must re-organize for a
possible summer job on the
northern band circuit, replacing
two of the present members: Bob
Stuckless and myself, who have
summer jobs elsewhere.
As a member of SYNTAX since
early November, I look back on
my first practises with the guys
after ,they had hastily been
labelled "Wreckin' Bar" for the
fall talent show. Jim Kennedy,
Steve Daniel, and Paul Runalls
did the guitar work with Dave
Parsons as lead singer, although
Paul often tried his best (?) to
out-sing him, especially in
"Chelsea Morning".
Four days before our first
dance at Zurich arena, during the .
Christmas holidays, Bob
Stuckless joined us as drummer.
That dance was quite a success
and two months of hard work
went into its making.
Looking back on the past five
months, I remember several
humorous incidents such as:
Dave singing Ornamental
Suffering with a cymbal on his
head, Cantonese-style; Steve
jumping around on stage and
forever telling me to turn off the
clavichord on the electric piano;
the jam sessions I had with Paul
when he attempted_ to sing,
thirds over, the formal will be
occurring in an increasingly
short number of months and then
finally and thankfully for most,
two and a half months of summer
jobs and fun. And then for the
majority of students ten more
months of a school oriented life.
For most of the students the
new school year began back in
the colder months of the year
with the selection of next year's
courses: to take Auto 140, English
250, Geography 450, and Math
552. This was the,dilemma facing
we the students.
Well for some students, (thank-
fully only a small percentage so
far) the choice was simple: take
all the bird subjects - the easy
credits then have a good time in
school . .or at the pool hall. A
heck of an education that student
is getting.
Northrup Frye (a ,.professor at
the University of Toronto)
maintains that, "free electives do
not constitute an education." In
other words to have an education
means having to take subjects
you don't like, to experience
failure and hopefully learn from
your mistakes. With today's
system you don't have to ex-
perience the above however, you
merely drop the subject and pick
up another one or say, "to heck
with it."
The wise selection of courses
brings up another question that is
rather obvious, which ones to
choose? If we have a hassle
making up our minds having
already gone through the system
for four years of trial and error,
what about the kid in Grade eight
and his parents? Thankfully,
though, teachers and guidance
personnel have done an adequate
job in this respect but problems
arise and will continue to arise.
What is needed, I think is a
certain number of pre-requisites
for years 1, 2 and 3. Just because
a kid doesn't like the teacher or
the subject doesn't mean he '
should be able to drop it. Give the
student a little more choice in
each succeeding year: by years
four and five the individual
should have an idea what his
future plans may be.
Talking about year five - an
interesting development has
occurred; with the introduction
of the credit system, year four
are taking a few year five sub-
jects in an effort to relieve some
of the burden from their fifth and
hopefully final year.
In certain fifth level courses
fourth year students compose
sometimes 50 percent of the total
number of students enrolled in
that particular course. In some
cases this has necessitated
another teacher to take over the
extra classes necessitated by the
presence of the year four
students.
This is where the crux of the
problem arises. Teachers being
human beings may mark harder
or at least teach differently the
Same course. The problem arises
when marks are required by
university or community college -
although students may have
equal ability, one student may
have an average which is 15 to 20
percent higher than another
student,
This student may be looked
upon it a slightly more
favottrable light by the institution
he is applying to and let's face itr
marks are the thing in Grade 13.
Solutions?? PoSsibly a priority
systein with a limited number' of
claSses with fifth year students
taking priority. If the courses
were not tilled by 5 year students
then fourth year students Could
be added to fill the classes.
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