The Wingham Advance-Times, 1985-05-01, Page 14Page 14—The Wingliarn Advance -Times, May 1. 1985
Tips for finding a job
It's that time of the year
when teens especially feel
the need to find a summer
job or, if you're lueky, a full-
time job.
There are many helpful h -
tips I lave accumulated
lately.
In your job seairch'you can
check ads in the newspaper
and on bulletin boards. Ask
friends, relatives, even
acquaintances for valuable
leads on jobs. You can visit
your local Canada Employ-
ment Centre. Knocking on
doors works too.
Learn all you can about the
organization or job you are
applying to and make a lsist
of jobs you'd like to do.
The next step is to make a
neat, specific, clear, well-or-
ganizpd, brief resume. It
should tell your work his-
tory, educational history,
personal characteristics,
aptitudes and whatever else
you feel is important. You
can photocopy your resume
and take it to every person in
every company on your list.
Remember, your resume
may be the final deciding
factor concerning the job.
It's an important step
when you finally receive an
interview and you should try
to impress the interviewer.
Bring an extra copy of your
l'i•esume to refer to. But don't
bring parents, friends, or
your walkman. Have a clear
idea what you can offer your
employer and look at the
person you are speaking to.
Don't be late for the in-
terview, dress neatly and be
cheerful. Emphasize why
you feel you'll be good for the
job. Answer questions
straight -forwardly and ask
questions, if you have any,
about the job.
Once you have the job you
will definitely want to keep
it. Learning how to get along
with people and a sense of
humor is very important.
Info sessions held
Last Friday F. E. Madill
held seminars for graduat-
ing Grade 12 and 13 students.
These seminars were infor-
mation session's on "real
life" for college and univer-
sity students.
About 25 past graduates of
Madill were back to talk
about topics like finajces,
living with a roommate,
being on, one's own, home-
sickness, .places to get help,
dealing with lower than ex-
pected achievements, leav-
ing home, study habits,
travel difficulties, alcohol
and -or drug problems, and
health.
The returning students
were to "tell it like it is" and
were told to "feel free to be
frank". The idea was origin-
ally one of Mr. Wood's and a
committee was formed with
Mr. Willis, Mr. Gnay, Mrs.
Elston and Mr. Wraith.
These four teachers
gathered names of people
from the different colleges
and universities and sent
them letters inviting, them
back. Out of 56 names, a
positive response of 25 came
back. The others were writ-
ing exams ,or are working
but also thought the semin-
' ars a good idea.
The graduating students
found these seminars. td be
interesting and 'informative.
—Bonnie Perry
Know your goals and try to
achieve them. Keep an open
mind and control your emo-
tions against temper tan-
trums which may cost you
your job.
if you can't find a job,
don't give up. Be creative
and invent your own ideas
for jobs': You can wash cars,
cut grass, paint, clean, sew
and babysit. Whatever
you're best at; use 'our own
-talents to make money.
The' job may not always be
glamorous, but if you are
prepared to work it will al-
ways be 'profitable in the
end.
—Valerie Ricker
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Typing
contest
This week a few of our
business students were in-
volved in a shorthand and
typing contest.
Congratulations are in
order for Debbie Mensinga
who won the shorthand con-
test. Debbie used her Fork-
ner shorthand and her Eng-
lish language skills to
achieve 871/2 marks out of a
possible 110. Her paper will
be forwarded to the provin-
cial shorthand contest. Well
done, Debbie!
The other typing contest
results will be available next
week. •
—Mrs. Pratt
Mentalist visits Madill
"Me Tarzan! Where
Jane?" This question was
one of the focal points of last
Monday's show with Mike
Mandel, a mentalist who
uses mind control to influ-
ence people into doing things
that they would never nor-
mally do.
As the audience laughed
uncontrollably, the twenty-
five student participants ex-
perienced'some very fright-
ening visions. At times, the
students would see a fero-
cious grizzly bear, ride on a
200 mph rollercaster, and see
open heart and brain sur-
gery,' but these sights were
all in their minds.
Mike Mandel kept the
audience's attention
throughout the 90 minute
show, first with his card
tricks and then with his mind
games. Humorous jokes in-
terspersed the performance
as did the "Twilight Zone"
theme song.
Students and staff
thoroughly enjoyed this show
of mentalist tricks. The only
apprehensiveness was the
realizati.t of how easily
one's mind can be controlled.
Fortunately, Mandel used
his talents to a humorous
end, one which did not harm,
the participants or audience.
—Julie Mulvey 13C
orkweek at Madill
Every .year Madill spon-
sors a program in which stu-
dents are employed at
various places doing various
jobs, hopefully in the field
they are interested in. These
education -filled days are
suitably titled "workweek".
Workweek is time well
spent because it is valuable
to have some work ex-
perience on your resume,
even when applying for a
summer job. Most em-
ployers, when hiring high
school, college or university
graduates ask for ex-
perience. The old Catch-22 is
created when you needex=
penience to get work and
work to get experience.
Working in your chosen
field can help make the deci-
sion final, one way or .the
other. In the past, a girl who
thought she wanted to be a
nurse worked at a hospital. It
was a good time, before en-
rolling in the course, to find
out if she couldn't stomach
WOSSA senior badminton
This past Saturday, five of
Madill's senior badminton
team left early for Sarnia, to
compete in the annual'
WOSSA Senior Badminton
Championships.
Ed Sweeney, Madill's
senior singles player, started
the . day with a long three -
game match against Sarnia
Northern, playing well but
losing 15-5, 11-15, 18-13. Ed
Mundi, ,singles player, won
15-19; 15-13 but eventually
lost to West Elgin 15-6, 15-10.
Ed will return to the senior
team next year and gained
some valuable tournament
experience.
Madill's senior boys'
doubles team of Rob Willis
and Rob Schistad.started the
day with a 15-7, 15-9 win over
Woodstock's Huron Park,
Their second match of the
day pitted them against the
eventual silver medalists
from Banting.
Playing perhaps their
finest match of the day, Rob
and Rob lost an exciting,
hard-hitting contest by
scores of 15-12r 17-14. Their
third match, unfortunately,
was also a loss, to Montcalm,
--.by-scores.of 15-3, 16-17; -15-9,-
which put them out of the
tournament.
The senior girls' doubles
team of Stephanie Gaunt and
Carol Blackwell', the
reigning Huron -Perth cham-
pions,
had the most success
of the day. They began by
defeating North Middlesex
17-15, 15-6 and followed it
with a 15-6, 15-7 win over
Sarnia Collegiate.
Their third match pitted
them against the eventual
tournament winners from
Westminister. A case of
shaky nerves set in and
Stephanie and Carol lost by a
15-7, 15-1 score.
Collecting and regrouping
themselves the girl's had a
good win, over South Huron
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by the scores of 13-15, 15-12,
15-12. This win put them in a
match for a WOSSA bronze
medal against Norwich. Un-
fortunately, it wasn't to be as
they lost by scores of 15-2, 15-
10. However, it was a fine
fourth -place finish for Ma -
dill's fine girl's team.
•
It was a happy and tired
team that arrived home late
Saturday night. The students
of Madill are proud of, our
Sine senior badminton team
members and congratulate
you on your efforts last
weekend.
—T. Brewster
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Editors: Jeff Wall
+Nikki Reavie
Our open house and talent
show went really .well! Many
people showed up 'and
browsed around. They also
entered ithe auditorium to
take note of some of the
talent in our school. We've
had nothing but positive
comments about the con-
tributions to our show. -I'd
like to take this opportunity
to thank all the parents who
came. I hope we can have
turn -outs such as this in the
future.
Please remember our
lawn and bake sale on May
11 — keep that material
coming in' and if for some
reason it's not possible to
bring in your goods — call
the school and we'll come
and pick it up for you.
—Ria Linardatos
Mrs. Schedler's and Mrs.
King's class is continuing
their work on. circus ac-
tivities. ,They just finished
writing snories about a
clown, In social studies they
are talking about monkeys.
For every activity they get a
balloon sticker to put in their
clowns' hands, which are on
the covers of their folders.
-Anna Sakasov
Thank you for coming to
Kindergarten and seeing the
childrens' work. it's great to
have visitors who enjoy
participating and seeing the
work. Since Kindergarten
registration was last Friday,
the members of the Sep-
, tember class spent a holiday
with this year's students to
become familiar with the
routine.
—Mike Cullen
Last week. Mrs. Martin's
Grade 3 class was planning a
primary gardening club.
Interested members will
plant seeds and cuttings.
They also will take home
plants of their own later in
the term.
-Joe Walker
Mr. Morton is always on
the go in the library.,Right
• now, Mrs. Eleanor Ward and
he are graciously helping
Mr, Shaw's Grade 6 class
make creative (and
sometimes weird) puppets.
They will be performing a
play called, "Duffy and the
Devil". It is a "Rum-
pelstiltskin"-typ'e of story,
where the devil helps Duffy
and she has to guess his
name It has a surprising
ending,. so you had better
come and see it
blood:
Although the drawbacks
were pointed out in the field I
have chosen, workweek
made me want to get started
more than ever. I'm more
confident about my future
now that I know what I'm
I getting myself into.
One student, who worked
at a local schooLas a teach-
er's aid, is aware of the
assets workweek has to
offer. "I enjoyed working
with the children and it will
be a big help when I attend
the ECE course at Fan-
shawe. It was a good break
from school as well as being
an insightful experience. I
enjoyed meeting the people
and learning about my field.
Workweek isgreat because.
chances are that after I'm
finished schbol 'I will find a
job similar to the one I held
during workweek. It never
hurts to learn the ropes
early."
Workweek also offers the
opportunity to talk with the
regular workers about the
hours, pressure, difficulties
and the best schools to attend
to learn the trade.
Workweek is ad-
vantageous for the employer
as well as the student. Most
places value the weekof
work performed by the stu-
dent, cost-free.
This is a program which
should continue for many
-years to come. When in the
required grade and indecis-
ive about it, think about the
benefits it has to offer. It's
not just a week off school, it
is a week in the real world
and a chance to get your feet,
well at least your toes, wet.
—Angela Petten
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HYPNOTIST MIKE MANDELL put on another excellent
show for the students at F. E. Madill last week. In
minutes he had the snore of volunteers dropping off in
hypnosis -induced sleep. (Clint Pewtress Photo)
Newsy
nothings
Isn't life just ai vicious
mind game? It certainly was
on Monday when the star at-
traction was Mike Mandel,
mentalist e.xtraordinaire,.
Personally, good old Maud
would hate to be laughed at
on stage' (I just am on
paper!). I commend (not
condemn) those brave souls
who journied upon the stage,
even though a certain BT did
look rather apprehensive (I
have a feeling he was
abandoned by some former
friends!). By the way, what
is your name; Karla? And
let's hope that.PG never
decides to do a striptease on
stage (we almost had a great
show) ,
The dance last week to
Major Hoople's Boarding
'House was -very successful,
and was Byron and Melody's
last as social conveners.
Thanks for a great year of
dances.NApparently some
extra curricular activities
'were also viewed at that
dance --- those parties in-
volved (no pun intended)
know to whom I am refer:
ring.
The chocolate bar drive is
underway,' thanks to a won-
derful kick-off assembly
featuring Little Red Riding
Hood, Super Seller and a
Cordoba with an Alpine
stereo. This is the largest
fund raiser for the Student
Council, during ,the school
year, sohelp support your
school.
Well, I've got to be gone —
Maud just seems to be for-,
ever in demand!
—MAUD
P.S. The Formal is up..
coming soon. What are yoi
doing to help? .
HIT EVERY AGE
Your dollars are Heart and
Stroke Foundation of Ontario
ammunition to fight heart di-
sease and stroke. Premature
heart attacks hit every age:
support your Heart and
Stroke Foundation of Ontario
research programs.
Horace 'Lefty"Gwynne of
Midland won Canada's last,
Olympic gold
medal in boxing
at the 102
Los Angeles
011 ympics.
Virtually an
unknown
in inter-
national h
competi-
tion, his •
triumph
was
the
best
ever
finish
by a Canadian
bantamlweight
boxer
"Lefty's" boxing gloves dna Olympic gold medal are
currently featured at Queens Park- in un exhibit .entitled.
• 'Celebration of Amateur Sport' presented by Sports and
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The Huron County Board of Education is planning to put together a Community Resource Guide listing in
�terested adults In the area - interested enough to be willing to devote more time to sharing sped& skills,
talents and interests with our students.
Recent changes In Ministry of Education rules encourage more community Interaction and the development o4
independent study units for students.at all levels. With this fn mind. we are asking you to give a little of your
time, to give of yourself, and, we feel, to receive the benefits of exper;encing our young people's•enthusiusm
and energy. ”
You may participate by filling in the following form and sending it to your local school or to WARREN ROBIN.
SON at the Huron County Board of Education, 103 Albert Street, Clinton, Ontario, NOM 1LO.
1 WOULD BE WILLING TO:
1. Present a lecture/demonstration/
performance/Informal talk to a class___
2. Provide a site for Individual/class
field trip , —
3. •f iriiiutt a workshop
0. Assist a student in an independent
;VIy project, --^
M of the above
MY AREA(S) OF INTEREST:
NAME:
ADDRESS:
PHONE:
Below is a list of someof the topics In which we would appreciate assistance, but we are equally willing to make use
of special areas of Interest you may have whlch.are not on the list.
Thank you In advance for the time and effort this request may cause.
Accounting Athletics Contractors
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Geology
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Government
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Sincerely,
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Superintendent of Student Services
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