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Clinton News-Record, 1985-4-17, Page 33• l#It,AnneNtirejlro CLINTON a Catherine McKnight ' ex- perienced a completely different way of ]i fe when she agreed to take a teaching job in Korea. Shefound the climate, land food and customs to be opposite to her familiar living • habits in Canada. "It Is a different way of life,' but after awhile you 401 really think anything of comnientetiMrs. McKnight. Mrs. McKnight was a teacher at the Red Oak School for the mentally retarded . in Missasauga. In 1982 she was asked to go to Korea and teach a former student who had moved there the previous year with her &amily. The student, Ambreen Bajaw, had of gone to school since she left Canada because Korea does not have schools for the mentally; retarded. "If a child is born either mentally or physically handicapped, they are put in an orphanage. Everything must be pure," ex- plained Mrs. McKnight. "When we took Am- breen to town, people would just stare even though she looked like any other child. Somehow they can tell." Mrs. McKnight heard a story of a Cana- dian couple who went to an orphanage to adopt a child. They saw a girl with a withered arm and later learned that her family had successfully hid her for four years before anyone discovered she had a handicap. As soon as she was discovered by the authorities, the girl was put in the or- phanage. Ambreen's family moved to Korea because her father was working with the • Atomic Energy Board putting hydro in the Korean -villages. With no available school- ing for Ambreen, her father became con- cerned about her education and the Atomic Energy. Board paid to have Mrs. McKnight go to Korea. After arriving. in Korea, it took two and a Ralf hours for Mrs. McKnight to get to the site where she was to spend the months of MINION NE R^ S 9MA WED n Korea gives different outlook on Cana Catherine McKnight (right) spent two months in Korea teaching Ambreen Bajaw. Because the Koreans put children with handicaps in orphanages, Ambreen was unable to carry on with her education and Mrs. McKnight was asked to make the trip to help educate her. Mrs. McKnight has no regrets about making the trip, and would do it again. July and August. She found the ride tiring, but beautiful. "It's a very beautiful country with water falls and mountain streams. The trip to the site was all up and down mountains, making the two and a half hours very long," said Mrs. McKnight. ' The site where Atomic Energy Board workers lived held 150 families. It consisted of huge apartment buildings built on the side of a mountain over looking the Sea of Japan. In order to get in or out of the area, Mrs. McKnight and the others had to write down exactly where they were going and why, then present the piece of paper to a guard. "The apartments were very nice. They weren't wallpapered but were built of stone and nicely furnished. The mountain provid- 4-H Club programs Leaclership qualities enrich projects BY KAREN RODMAN The 4-H program is one of the best ways to develop the skills and talents of youth. Has anyone ever come up to you and said "you have some real good leadership poten- tial", and yet you did not know what they meant. This is sometimes the case as we are all born with certain leadership Skills and the remainder waiting to be tapped. The On- tario 4-H program provides many oppor- tunities for people to work together in an at- mosphere of fun and. learning so as to devOlop leadership potential. " With the average 4-H member being 14.5 years of age, the program is ideal for putting lead)er- shipinto action. Every 4-H project, whether it be "dairy" or "actionwear" provides leadership oppor- tunities -for members and leaders. At the club level, it can range from taking an ex- ecutive position in your club, introducing a guest speaker . at a regular meeting, or working with fellow members to put on a demonstration. At the local fair, 4-H members and leaders exhibit leadership to the public displaying the project work of the members in a very educational manner. The real test of one's leadership capability comes about when you get involved in plann- ing or chairing a portion of the achievement day program. Regional Conference for 4-H members 15 years of age fit the bill each summer for ap- proximately 1,000 youth. A 3 -day program of general interest sessions, skill -building ex- ercises and social recreation is designed to make members more aware of their leader-. ship and communication potential in life. 4- H members from Huron County will be at- tending the 1985 4-H Regional Conference at ed a beautiful view of„ the ,r^ ea. But everywhere you went it was either uphill or downhill," said Mrs. McKnight. She noted that the temperature was 100 degress in the shade. Korean food is quite different from what most Canadians are familiar with. Mrs. McKnight found herself tasting some food she at first found unappealing. "One afternoon a friend asked me if I'd like to go for a Korean lunch. We went to a restaurant and they brought us a mug of bars ley water with things floating in it, and I said that I wasn't going to drink that. Then they came with the chopsticks and the food and it was so hot I did drink the water," laughed Mrs. McKnight. "They use a lot of garlic and red pepper as well as rice." One of the first things that Mrs. McKnight noticed while in Korea was the strong smell of garlic, Whenever she got onto a bus the smell "almost knocked me over." However, it only took her about two weeks to adjust to the new aroma. And once she got used to the food, she found it to be delicious. The people of Korea left a lasting impres- sion on Mrs. McKnight even though she did not speak their language. "Where ever you go in Korea, the people are ready to help you. On my way back I took a bus from Pusan to Seoul. It was a four hour trip, and after two and a half hours the bus stopped for a break. "I usually take the number of a bus or something that tells me which bus I'm to be on, but this time I didn't. When I came out from having a cold drink there were 12 buses and I didn't have any idea of which one was mine. "I tried looking in the window to see if I could spot anything that I had left on the ledge when I felt a tap on my arm. I turned around and saw a lady and her child. She waved me over to the bus I was to be on. "Then when we got to Seoul, I felt another tap on my arm and it was the same lady, Centralia College in August. have outgrown what the program can offer If you are looking for the leadership ex- them, while others found new ways to play a periences of a life time, then consider Pro- larger role in the organization. The day is to vincial 4-H Leadership Camp which is held be' viewed as a professional development each March and June. Enthusiasm,- energy day. Being a 4-H club :leader can be more and desire to try new things are the essen- than just providing a service to the com- tial ingredients requited. One hundred 4-H munity when one understands the impor- members from across the province make up ' tante of goal setting, time management, a very dynamic group of individuals who and effective communication. These topics discover the true meaning of leadership by along with the exchange of ideas constituted experiencing it to the fullest. much of the conference program. Five 4-H members have just returned Ron Shelley, Leader of the North Huron 4- from the March Camp. They are Kate Boon, H Swine Club was one leader who attended R.R. 2, Bluevale; Sandra Shelley, R.R. 2, . this conference relayed that guest speaker, Gorrie; •Murray Rundle, R.R. 1, Centralia; Rosoline Wysocki said "Please don't bring Dave Van Beers, R.R. 1, Blyth; and Diane me problems, please bring me solutions". Willis, R.R. 1, Kirkton. Reports from these Ron says that he had fun at the Conference deldgates are good. Sandra says, "if you and solved some of his problems too. have the opportunity to go to Leadership Club leaders also have opportunity to ex - Camp - go! Yon will have a lot of fun, learn a perience leadership within their coun- lot about 4-H and leadership, and make new ty/district Leaders' Association. Within the friends." While Murray Rundle says, "each Association, leaders -are niapouraged to take of us left camp with memories that will be an executive position, chair a committee or etched in our minds for the rest of our lives. at least be an active member of the Associa- Thanks for a super week!" 4-H member, tion by making an honest effort to assist in Diane Willis, says she "is sure that she will the direction, planning and evaluation of the take everything she learned at camp and in- county/district 4-H program. Leader Corporate it into her life". And David Van A,ssociations may be new to some, but the Beers says that Leadership, Camp is the leadership potentialthey have to offer is not "best way to develop leadership skills, to new. For further information regarding the learn more about yourself and to work with operation of the Huron County 4-H Leaders' others". I Association contact the President, Terry A successful 4-H club leader also develbps Smith, R.R. 1, Walton at 527-0979. . and matures in leadership by leading a pro- As you can see, leadership opportunities ject. However, to . ensure that this is the exist every day for membersand leaders case, seven 4-H Club Leader Regional Con- alike. ferences were held across the province in The leadership opportunities in 4-H today February 1985. The theme of the Con- can make you a leader in your community in ferences "4-H: A Search for Personal Ex- the future. You . have the potential within cellence" , means that program focused on yourself and the 4-H program has the oppor= developing the human resources of our tunities to tap that potential. Why not take leaders. Some leaders discovered that they advantage of it? 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According to Mrs. McKnight, adultswon't discipline their children because they believe that it is up to the teachers to teach the children discipline and manners. "k is quite different to see them walking d hen seeing them out ofto school and ischool,l" commented Mrs. McKnight. School is held in the summer for six weeks so that children six -years -old and over can help with the rice harvest that is done en- tirely by hand. One of Mrs. McKnight's fondest memories is waking up on a Saturday morning and hearing the sound of violins. She rememberedeMusic is one of the main sub- jects in Korea' and each child is given a violin. They really play beautiful music."'. While in that portion of the world, Mrs. McKnight took a five day holiday to Japan and a one day trip to China. She also visited the Cheju Island, which is the tropical Island which Korea gets its fruit from. Despite the differences in language and customs, Mrs. McKnight would do it all again. 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