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The Canadian Champion, Fniday, Apnil 2, 2004-15 More leaders needed, says Mansbridge at seminar Special ta The Champion Literacy and leadership wcrc the hot points as a high school drop-out and the Ontario education minister spoke ta teachers, senior administrators and students Monday night. Thc high school drop-out, CBC chief correspon- dent and anchor of Thc National, Peter Mansbridge, gave the keynote address at the Burlmngton Convention Centre at a seminar enti- tled Literacy Leadership for Student Succeas, organized by thse Halton District School Board and the Halton Catholic School Board. Mr. Mansbridge highlighted the need for more leaders, saymng that teachers are the people who moat need to take on the raie. Mr. Mansbnidge said "somnewhere along the way, a disconnect appeared between teachers and the public." He added, "Teachers may not be considered community leaders anymore." Then again, few people are considered leaders. Accardmng ta, Me. Mansbridge, used car sales- men, seen as stereotypically untrustworthy, now have plenty of campanty. Paliticians, lawyers, bankers and jouenalista, alang with athers, aren't, accardmng ta pols, any more trustworthy than the used car salesmnan. crs reatly lct us clown? 1 suspect il's a bit of bath," M. Manshridge said. Healthy skepticismn and the challenging of autharity are noble, he added, but when skepticismn becamten cynicism, somnething muet be changed. "If you think educators are above this aIl, think again,' hie said, highlighting a case of a teacher who was caught with a computer full af child pomaography, a teacher wha taught that ie hala- caust didn't really happen, and a teacher who slept witb students. Regardîcas of these rare incidents, a remnarkable number of teachers are everyday heroce, Me. Mansbridge said, and many of thern work entirely selflessly. "You are the leaders we have ta caunit an. It is somewhat cliché ta say anc teacher can make al the difference, but like every cliché there's a ring of truth in it," he said. "I know haw easy it is ta talk idealistically, but good teachers cas change fis country." When asked during the question and answer period haw teachers were expected ta retuent ta their clasaroama and mativate students ta graduate when hie didn't even graduate, Mr. Mansbridge replied, "Tell themn I gat as hanarary degree. It warked out for me. It's rare, but it dace happen. It's not fihe amnartest route." inta ncws was a fluke. While warking as a freiglet handler for an airtine in Brandon, Mas., hie was asked ta do a boarding annouincemnent. After doing sa, hie was appraached by a masager of CBC radia nartteem service, wha, asked Me. Massbridge if hie had ever thaught of working in radia. He hadn't, but hie taok fiee appar- runity asd made fiee mast of it. "I warked a lot harder thas the people around me who had qualifications,' he said. 1I taught myscîf ta do news." Minister of Educatian Gerard Kennedy didn't make masy promises during bis speech, but did proclaien that "this is gaing ta, be a very exciting time in educatian." He said that fiee provincial gavenement's empha- sis an education is drawing a consensus hie has neyer seen befare. "The path ta, a better place ta, live in is througb educatian," he aaid. Literacy was alsa tauched on by Me. Kennedy. "It's nat juat about reading asd writing. It's about understasding what Me. Mansbridge je talking about every night," he saa. "At 12 years aId, if we can't have yau literate asd numerate, we've taken away your chances." Gerard Kennedy OUR COMMITMENT TO PRIVACY Every day, staff at the the Milton Canadiani Champion interact with hundreds of people who entruat us with a volume of persanal information. 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