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Zurich Citizens News, 1965-05-20, Page 2PAGE TWO ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS al eastowni akiIf - Quality Teachers Alliston tOnt.) Herald At the annual convention of Ontario Secondary School Teachers. held last month, one of the interesting points raised was in the report of the salary committee calling for quality salaries for quality teachers. School board. the committee chairman added. were "most anxious to pay for quality teaching: but they also have the right to demand quality, Thus, no teacher can in these times afford to stop learning and improving his competence". This, of course. is perfectly true. There should always be a direct connection be- tween quality and pay. But what is a "qualified teacher" and "quality teaching"? The calibre of a teacher, and the qual- ity of his teaching, cannot be measured in terms of the number of letters after his name. A teacher may have half the letters of the alphabet and hold degrees from the highest seats of learning and still be un- able to impart knowledge to students. The ability to communicate, to pass on knowledge so that it is meaningful, to teach successfully is the real measure of a teach- er's value to students, school and commun- ity. So when it is said that there should be quality salaries for "quality teachers", there must be some kind of definition of those key words '`quality teacher". What. then, is a secondary school "qualified teacher". Any attempt at definition requires first that there be a dear understanding of the words "s e c o n d a r y school" and "teacher'.' A secondary school is the intermediate stage of formal education between elemen- tary school and either employment or high- er education: it is preparation for life in the adult world. The student is released from the regimentation of childhood still restrained by discipline. The function of a secondary school, therefore, is to prepare students for adult- hood by providing them with the facts of the subject studied, relating these to each other and to life, and providing as broad and firm a foundation of mind and body as possible to cope successfully with what lies ahead. To accomplish this it is necessary for students to come under the direction and influence of men and women with sound education, breadth of vision, maturity of outlook, high principles and, of course, a thorough mastery of the subjects they teach and a knowledge of their relation- ship to learning as a whole. In short, scholars and gentlemen. But even that is not enough. There is one other essential quality: to be able to communicate to stu- dents. And ideally, inspire them with the love of learning and a sense of perspec- tive. There are such teachers and their stu- dents are testimony to their quality. These are quality teachers and deserve "quality salaries" regardless of their aca- demic degrees. But the responsibilities of a teacher do not begin and end with classroom in- struction within those four walls. Life is broader and is not made up of compart- ments. The quality teacher reaches beyond the classroom and rigid boundaries of cur- riculum to help students as they move from the narrow encl of the funnel in Grade 9 to the breadth and opportunities of Grades 12 and 13. A secondary school (or any school or university) is only as good as its teachers. Fine buildings and expensive equipment, are useless unless there are quality teach- ers: men 'and women who well and truly teach and serve the country through its youth, Degrees and diplomas are "as tink- ling brass and sounding cymbals" if the owners cannot teach. Quality salaries must be based upon demonstrated ability to teach and not upon courses taken or degrees acquired. if This Shoe Fits! (Clinton News -Record) At a recent council meeting the con- versation went something like this: We have a letter asking us what we intend to do to help celebrate Canada's Centennial Year. "What do you think-" "I think that's a county project. We should leave it up to them." "Surely we are at least going to have some fireworks." "Oh, we may have some fireworks." We will not embarrass that council by revealing its name, but if its lack of en- thusiasm and drive is any indication of the feeling of Canadians in general. Canada's 100th birthday will go practically un- noticed. If we allow that to happen, we are not only robbing ourselves of a whale of a lot of pleasure, we are letting our ingratitude and lazy patriotism show us in a most un- favorable light. Apart from this, we are passing up an economically sound opportunity to put our municipality on display, be it rural or ur- ban, large or small. We are denying our citizens the right to celebrate. We are missing a chance to make our community "come alive" for perhaps the first time. Each city, town, village or township in Canada has at least one unique feature that sets it apart from all others. Here, in this particular part of the nation, a won- derous history and an unrivalled abundance of folklore waits to be uncovered. Questions like, "Who settled here first?", "Did Indians roam this soil?" and "How did my home town grow?" can all be answered and told with parades, plays, reunions, dances, special programs and any one of a hundred ways. Before we decide to spend two hours and $100 on a fireworks display that will dissolve into the sky in a burst of pretty but useless sparkle, let's think. Was a century of sweat, tears and toil worth no more? Has a cloud of pink made us proud of our heritage or taught us even a fragment of understanding? Will our hearts know the joy of effort well spent? Have the children learned why it is impor- tant that they continue to build this land and fight for its preservation? National pride is in a sorry state if we think a fireworks fantasy is an adequate homage to pay to our ancestors and suffic- ient inspiration for our people. So if the shoe fits, wear it to a truly individual celebration that will linger long in the thoughts of everyone who attends. It's How You Say It (New Hamburg Independent) "No Trespassing", "Keep Out". Fa- miliar signs. and ones that will be seen by many as they travel the byways this sum- mer. It is a well-known one to sportsmen whose favourite fishing spot or golf course is adjacent to or on some private property. These cold, terse statements serve the purpose of making the property owners' attitudes clear. They also invite the con- trary -minded to deliberately disregard the rights of the individuals concerned. Recently two signs near a golf course with the same intent but phrased in dis- tinctly different terms, made the reader stop and think. In one instance the sign read "Private Property". The other stated SUGAR AND SPICE by Bill Smiley Among adults, thou gh few would admit it, there is a great deal of jealousy of today's teen- agers. This is revealed by the adults' oft -expressed wish that kids in their teens could act like them; by their reaction to any hint of change in the rules for their children; and especially by their endless prating about how soft a time the youngsters have now, and how hard it was in their day. To hear most adults talk, you'd think they'd never had any fun at all, when they were kids, or ever done anything foolish. There's a steady stream of poppycock about how far they walked to school through the snow; how scanty were their wardrobes; how early they had to be in at night; how hard their parents worked them; how good their marks were in school. There's a modicum of truth in all of this, of course, because life was a lot more simple and frugal a quarter-century ago. But with the passing of time the morsel of truth becomes a bit of malarkey. Personally, I think we had a lot less to cope with, socially and psychologically, if -not physically, than today's teenagers. But this attitude received a jolt this week, when my son an- nounced that he had nailed down a summer job. It was difficult to keep my upper lip stiff and buttoned, when I com- pared his first real job with mine. There are parallels. Both of us got the job at age 17, and both jobs were en the upper Great Lakes boats. There the parallel ends. For instance, 1 hitch -hiked 480 miles, with $2.50 cash, to meet my boat. He will be driven three miles, by his fa- ther, to catch his. he work for peanuts? I must admit, though, that I was a little disturbed by the diffence in our duties. scrubbed floors, cleaned out lavatories, polished brass and sorted dirty linen. In spare mo- ments I helped sling out the gangplank, or made the officers' beds. My kid will organize shuttteboard games, play the piano for singsongs and run a movie projector. In spare mo- ments, he will chat to nice old ladies. as follows: "For your convenience an open- ing has been left in the hedge in order that you may retrieve your golf balls. Please extend us the courtesy of using this open- ing rather than destroying the hedge. Your respect for our property makes this court- esy for you possible." Any person reading these two signs would be struck by the thoughtfulness of the one and respond to it by care and at- tention when walking on private property. The other by its blunt no-nonsense ap- proach, does not invite any feeling other than frustration. There is a feeling engendered by .the attitude of cooperation. It wouldn't hurt to use it more often. United Church Women Hold Joint Meeting That's fine. No hard feel- ings. We can't all be aristo- crats in our first job. But what about this? I wore a scruffy old smock, covered with brass polish. He'll wear a snappy blue uniform, covered with brass buttons. And what about this? My of- ficial title was Night Porter. His is Entertainment Steward. I ate with the deckhands and firemen. He'll eat in the din- ing -room. I slept with seven other scullions in a stall large enough for one Shetland pony. He'll share a cabin with one other softy of the Sixties. I was forbidden, on pain of keelhauling and 16 years in the hulks, to have anything to do with the passengers, except mop up after them. The kid, in the captain's own words: "Will have the girls following you all over the boat". Oh, well. No use being bit- ter. The good old days of the Depression, when you knew you were a slave, but were happy to be a working stave, are gone forever. However, I can't help hoping the kid will get good and sea- sick all over that uniform, ;the first time he hits a roll in Lake Superior. At least, we'd have that much in common in our first summer jobs. About 100 ladies gathered at Chiselhurst Thursday evening when Chiselhurst United C h u r ch Women entertained neighboring groups from Hen - sell and Kippen United church- es, and the Women's Missionary Society and Arnold Circle of Carmel Presbyterian Church, Hensel'. Mrs. Harold Parker chaired the meeting and wel- comed the guests. Mrs. T. Brintnell introduced the guest speaker, Mrs, Gilbert THURSDAY, MAY 20, 1965 Beecroft, of Belgrave, president of the Huron Presbytery UCW, who spoke on "What Christain- ity can mean to UCW". Mrs. R. Taylor led the wor- ship on the theme, "Walking. with God", and prayer was of- fered by Mrs. Clarence Cote. man. A duet, Patricia Harris and Ruth Anne Coleman, and a trio with Mrs. A. Ross, Mrs. R Taylor and Ruth Anne Cola* man, accompanied by Mrs. Robert Kinsman, contributed special music for the evening. Mrs. Russell Brock gave court- esy remarks, and Mrs. Parker closed with prayer. Social. committee, Mrs. Ed Dick, Mrs. Percy Wright, Mrs. Roy McDonald, Mrs. Lloyd Fer- guson were in charge of re freshments. Expert Watch Repairs • Trophies and Engraving • DIAMONDS -WATCHES - CHINA Anstett Jewellers LTD. CLINTON — WALKERTON — SEAFORTH And the hours aren't quite the same. I worked the grave- yard shift, midnight to noon, seven days a week. He'll work a couple of hours morning and afternoon, about three hours in the evening, and have a day and a half off each week. That's all right. I don't bear a grudge. Nobody should have to work like a dog. But there's a slight difference in the pay. I pulled down $30 a month, even on the 31 -day months. A dollar a day and keep. My son will be knocking off just over nine times as much. However, that's OK. Wages have gone up a lot. Why should Zurich �g_ Newer PRINTED BY SOUTH HURON PUBLISHERS LIMITED, ZURICH HERB TURKHEIM„ Publisher J. E. 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