The Lucknow Sentinel, 1984-10-24, Page 71,ucloanw Sentinel, Wednesday, October 24, 1984,—Page 7
To the Editor:
1 was impressed by the results of tile
recent Gallup poll, on the attitude of
Canadian parents to french language edu-
cation.. The poll indicates that the; majority
of parents want their schools to Offer
bilingualism as a- realistic option,
The MAIO Concern of parents is under-
standably economic; the. •trend towards
bilingual employment in both the Tublio
and private sectors is bound to intensify,Unfortunately„ bilingualism is not popu-
lar with some ratepayerS in this area:
Resistance to early, french immersion• tnaY
delay or even prevent 'beat boards from
making it available.. What will happen to
the children now enteting;the Huron
County School .systern .if early french
immersion is not offered?
• One thing is certain. The bilingualism,
option is increasingly popnTar across the
country. Most of the school systems that
now offer it have seena dramaticincrease
in enrollment. This and -the Gallup poll
suggest that a significant part of the .next
generation will be functionallybilingual.'
This will almost certainly mean some kind
of financial advantage in an economy that
may be.• as tight and •competitive as
anything' we know., . .
As the pare& of a child already in
TO THE EDITQR
kindergarten, I am frankly Cencernect,
Early french- immersion is the only
practical way to ensure bilingualism, but
children normally cannot enter it beyond
grade 1. 1 pave already heard of one family
that went outside the county to get frencjiU
immersion before time ran out. If the local
school boards choose not to offer language
inunersion in the next school year, many
local parents will have to make a similar
decision.
This situation should not exist. Local
school boards should have a responsibility
to offer bilingualism. I, can't deny the
obvious financial pressures on rural school
boards;- if we were discussing an extra-
curricular activity or a piece of playground
equipment, the "purse strings" argument
might make sense.' We aren't. Language
education is as fundamental as math or
history. Immersion is the language educa-
tion that. actually teaches' a useful skill.
Please support french " immersion in.
Huron County now. A bunch of great little
people won't get a second chance.
Gregory pillon. •wf.
Defeat capital
puxiishinexit
resolution
*from page 3
tho ghtof having a resolution that could be •
suPPorted. I believe there is a place for
capital punishment! but I can't support this
either," said Morris Township Reeve Bill
Elston-,
• No rewording of the resolution was con-
sidered by the executive committee,
Reeve Steckle suggested corporal punish-
ment be implemented, noting there is no
recourse if a person is wrongfully hange
but "you can always say you're sorry to
_man whipped wrongfully".
Those voting in favor of the motion we e
Deputy Reeve Bedard, Warden Tom Cunn-
ingham, Turnberry R,eeve Brian McBunleY,"
Usborne Reeve Gerry Prout and Hay Reeve
Lionel Wilder.
The rest, of county 'council voted against
the motion except for the absent Hawick
Township Reeve Jack Stafford, Goderich
Township Reeve Grant Stirling and East
Wawanosh Reeve Neil Vincent.
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