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sv tribune may 31 1989 c19 keeping up with the joness pruce stapley correspondent lin jones has decided to leave the classroom after 29 years the last 25 of which were spent teaching history economics and law at stouffville district secondary school and having made the decision to hang up his chalk holder the tlamakanborn mr jones is looking towards the future although he cjaims he doesnt really know what hell do next c he first came to canada in 1955 where he enrolled at osgoode hall university of torontos law school h but after a year he changed his mind enrolling at the ontario col lege of education he began teaching at a junior high school in toron to then started at sdss in 1964 3 he moved to stouffville two years later taking up residence in the tfinth line south home he has maintained ever since his wife sheila would eventually become manager of parkview village mr jones recalls there wens only two of the present sdss staff embers when he came jim rehill and gary harding he also remembers that relations between teachers and students were more intimate in those days mr jones recalls taking two different groups of students to europe for a month as part of a school travel program of all the changes hes seen he notes one of the most significant in volves the kids themselves the students have the opportunity to jearn more today but the attitudes of the kids in the 1960s was dif ferent they were more dedicated kids today seem to want to take the easy way out f but he points out that despite the highprofile incidents of teens becoming involved in destructive activities today the majority of teens are on track sixtyfive to 70 per cent of our kids are still solid citizens iavs mr jones recalls with delight the antics of days gone by in the 70s the teachers used to sell themselves to the students on slave day to earn money for school trips a group of my students put their money together to buy me they made me wear the clothes they gave me and i had to wear a sign saying i was the property of the girls pikkof bruce stapley stouffville teacher lin jones has decided to leave the classroom after 29 years the last 25 of which were spent teaching history economics and law at stouffville district secondary school having made the decision to hang up his chalk holder the jamaicanborn mr jones is looking towards the future jones also remembers the serious side of days gone by after graduation day the teachers would wear gowns to class for a day the kids got a good impression of what academic life was about jones remained fiercely loyal to both the classroom and sdss dur ing his 25 years to me the classroom is where its at i enjoy teaching and i only missed 10 days in 25 years and i still believe sdss is one of the best schools in york region mr jones maintains there is a good rapport between staff members although he admits they dont socialize together like they did back in the days when the school was smaller i am going to miss the classroom but i realized it 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