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8 â€"- THE LIBERAL, Wednesday, Apr. 30, 1975 gllllllIIIIIIIIIIllIIIIIlllllllllllllIIIIIlllllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllI|IIIIIIIIIIIlllllllllllllllIIIIllllllIllIllllllllllllllllllllllllllIllllllllll|lllllllll|ll||ll|lllIlllIlllll|llllllllllllIllll||IlllllllllllIllIllllllllllllllllllllllIllllllllg Education, said Council President Michael Bailey. “demands a third voice â€" that of parents. It is our children and our money that are involved." York County Trustee Margaret Coburn suggested the major difference between education in “The Good Old Days” and the current approach is consideration for individual differences. Referring to a “selected emphasis on how people learn", she noted the “tastes and capabilities” of students are. by and large, being taken into account. a...‘ Are our children being educated? Opinions clashed on this question when Thornhill Parents’ Council and a panel of guest speakers met last week. aluucnto cuc. UJ uuu nub», v‘...° ....__ “We are educating our children," sine stated, and schools are also giving pupils opportunities to “educate themselves." vv vvn. However, there seemed to be total agreement that “parent input" should increase. tllvllluv- v -... Mrs. Coburn recalled the drills she had undergone, and compared her outlook when a student to that of her son Elle has trouble deciding about adverbs. But I had trouble deciding about my future." Her son, she believes, will “probably find his place before I did." mm...“ W w __._ Teachers who attended universities during the ‘50‘s and ’60’s when there was, according to Cork. a “swing to individual license," may feel they “should not im- se their own will on the children." and that students should be allowed to “do their own thing‘A‘. ucucvou, "u. y uuuuuu J Panelist David Cork, a lawyer and resident of Baythorn Drive, Thornhill, wondered if the type of education provided by schools in the county is “suf- ficient or adequate“. He speculated that on the average it is “borderline”. He said' he hoped schools would provide “some guidance as t_o right and wrpng”. ,-A:A_ .l....l_~ OLA ‘En‘n uvv._°- .7 ._ He expressed concern about violence on television. quoting an estimate that children see about 12.000 television characters being “killed” every year. He asked why educators and others had made “no real evaluation of the effect of television on children," and why schools “do not take a definite stand to counteract the effects of television or the environment in general.“ ouku u» any" v “Something is wrengf'lzhesystem is staffing to crack and crumble." And teachers, he said, “are not meeting this problem _head on." I , ,ILAL... _...l Anzl‘ L‘n ulna y. vunvu. Cork argued that standards are declining and said he was “afraid there has been obvious militancy on the part of teachers.” He noted that in the spring of 1974, OSSTF had rewritten its goals. “Education of children used to be given top priority,“ Cork said. Goal restatement he added, seems to give OSSTF “top priority to protect its members." .Jlllll I Illllllllllllllllllllllll II T. n IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII|lllllllIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIllllIllIllIllII|IIIIIIlllllllllllllllllllll|||l||||l|IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlllllllllllll|lll||llIIlllll|IllllIllIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllllllllllllll | |||||| F unyunvv. u. Cork emphasized that he was not “trying to preach doom and gloom." Students, he observed, were “doing remarkably well considering the problems surroun- ding them." Panelist Bruce Bone suggested that the “militancy” sometimes ascribed to teachers may be a consequence of “all the frustration teachers face with the job we are expecting them to do. “Their basic concern is the child in the classroom." Bone, who served for 10 years on the York County Board of Education, is a former chairperson of Metro Toronto School Board and will seek the nomination as Liberal candidate for York Mills. He urge}! patents to take an active interest in education. “With sufficient dialogue. a lot of problems can be solved. " MAJ- Lnu u» av: v vu- He said he believes “valid changes have been made in the past few years" and that he would “hate to see them thrown out”. However. Bone remarked he hopes for “more emphasis on the language arts. Dr. John B. Fotheringham described schools as an important source of stability “in a time of great inâ€" stability". Schools, he said. inculcate “a sense of purpose for the individual," a sense of the “personal worth of the individual . . . an awareness of the value of other individuals and a sense of responsibility toward the community." â€" n,u,___:___.l.-.~. “The ‘three R's‘ perhaps have not been given the attention they need." Socialization of $11 suggested, is necessary to them". In the past, he observed, “it was the family that was transmitting social goals. This area has fallen by default to the schools." 7 AHAJ---“ ;. “claw; u; ulv He expressed some reservations about a tendency to “become obsessed with courses." This, he said, may disrupt the socialization process. At the senior level, students may have to contend with different teachers. different classmates and different classrooms for each course. . ‘ .. . L, , _A...‘_â€"\‘n LUuI ac. Dr. Fotheringham recommended that when students demonstrate they are capable of taking reSponsibility. they could be offered more choice. and “proceed from structure to non-structure.“ He also suggested it should be easier for a student to leave school and easier for a student to return. For those who find school “painful and unpleasant." part- time jobs, alternating with tutoring, might encourage such students to continue their education. Dr. Fotheringham. a psychiatrist and the director of Children's Mental Health Services for North York General Hospital, is a resident of Elgin Street, Thor- A policy permitting some children to leave school at age 14 was discussed by Mrs. Coburn. The Early Leaving committee. she said, has in the past four months received 30 to 40 applications out of the total enrollment in the county. Some of these children later changed their minds. The policy, she explained, was established to benefit the child who had been “com- pletely turned off,” and had developed behavioral problems. She assured parents each case was dealt with in- dividually and that circumstances were carefully examined. nhill Lillian Markovitch outlined some of her concern as a parent and a teacher. She is a primary school Master Teacher in York. 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