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Rotarama '75 is history now and Milton Rotarians deserve cons- mendation for Ue kind of five day event they presented as Ueir first effort, It may be there was some disappointment that crowds were not larger, but they seem to have accepted that philosophically. The midway met local expectations of quality and Ue programming, especially the old time fiddlers' contest, drew praise. We hope the club members and Its interesting to note that mot of the top studenta in Milton District High School's grade 13 graduating casas are heading to university courses this faîl. The achool produced a bumper crop of 28 Ontario Scbolaro with more tban Bo pr cent averages Uis year, s mark of honor for retiring principal Charles Hunter in is ast year at Ue chool. But wile thuse 28 are basking in Ue limelight. the education system that helped them achieve their curreot goals is bing barraged by an onslaught of criticism. Educa- tion bas always boen a favorite whipping boy in une form or another but the critics have been firing some heavy basats in recent months. We were intrigued by the results f a Canadian Chamber of Commerce survey whîch dlaims Canadas secondary chool system is "pruducing graduates wbu lack basic skilla and wbo, in an increasing percentage of cases, are funtionally illiterate." S. F. Hughes, Executive tlîrector of Use Canadian Chambor, told a service club luncheon in Hamilton recently thst the Cham- ber wrote the beada o Canadian universities and community colleges posing the question: what bas bappened to schuoling in fundamenlals, and how can one asseas wbat a student bas learned? 'be letter asked for comment and for suggestions as to wbat remedial action if any) was being laken. 120 replies were received 50 rom universities and 70 from community clleges. Excluding the .,nu comment" replies, there was an overwhelming consensus (74 - 15)s that high chool graduaIes were lacking in basic skilîs. Englioh and mate emerged as Ue chief villains, said Hughes, witb 613 respondents stating tbat high school graduates were deficient in boU. 0f the 120 respondents. 56. said tbey bad remedial programs tes teach basica test ought to bave heen learned in secundary achool. "The uveraîl response to the survey indicates a concern over the fact that an increasing percentage f firstyear (university) students are functionally illiterate", said Mr. Hughes. He quoted une senior academnic who described the situation tis way: "Il1 ail began in tbe thirties when tee Dewey pilosopby reached Canada. Tbe cild-centered achool ..would bo a vast impruvement oser anythîng that we had ever attempted. The cild-centered scitool needo imaginative teachers who have every quality and virtue in the book-and Uen sume-bul be or obe must bo able tu 'motivate' eacb child to learn . . . Lessons must be lively and entertaining, teere must neyer be a dul lesson, drils are tabou unless Ue teacher 9,911,isvenl ganses <al are 'Mem.srîzîng is neyeres tsSe laining, memorîcing therefore is out. If tee cild doent like is or ber lesson, eiteer tee teacher is a dud or tee system is at fault. Learning Ue multiplication tables s slultifying, acquiring a legible 'band by doing exercises in pemnanship is a bore, lesrning how to spell and bow tu write a sentence teat bas a head and s taîl is a ,crashing bore .. . Any child that we :nwaccepta the fact test playing tee piano, figure skating or playing hockey requires knowledge of the 'rules, practice and repetition. But aul the helpers who obvioualy put a great deal of effort into the project, will feel satisfied that Rotarama wss a succesa even if financial hopes were flot fully realized. Undoubtedly the club wili be aearching for the perfect formula for next year combining ail the good weather, tming and pro- gramming to make the event attractive to more people. in the meantime we're pleaaed to -ee sîîch an all-out effort by a service club. we mutn't have that kind of thing in the achoola. Nor can we have tests to meaaure achievement, grasp of a subject. That might confront a child with failure and in our aystem the child neyer fails, tee teacher does or the system doe. " Oin the positive ide, one comment (five percent of the respondents) wss: "Let us ecophasize our belief test the secondary achools are doing excellent work in many areas. We f ind that our students ... demonstrate considerable strength in discussion groupa and in their willingness to state and express opinions. They are quite active in verbal expression generally and are outspoken in their views." As to what could be done about tee unsatisfactàry level of student skills, most respondnsnts did not dlaim to have Use answers, said Mr. Hughes. Many respondents warned against a return to "examina- tions", and cautioned that wbat- ever wss dune should not interfere with the 'freedoma" in education Uat bave been achieved. At the same time, the respondents were almoat snnamos in calling for s return te Ue bâsilsa and tome fefts of discipline. Mr. Hughes stressed Uat "it is ot to be expected tbat today's youth will work for 25 years in one place, or even in one vocation. 'heir basic need is to be educated for change, nt isolated from change. We cannot guarantee them stability or security. They will have to live with succeas or failure, f ear and frustration. It would be a disservice to shield tbem from Uese expericca wile tbey are in achool, and to thrust them unprepared intu a world of competition when tbey leave. So good luck to this year's MDHS graduates. It is to he hoped Uey have not been shielded from change, frum failure, from fear and frustration and from competition. For thats what lies ahead. Life won't be any bed of roses. Perbapa with 28 Ontario Scholars in the group, Uis year'n graduates won't have such a high percentage of so-called "illiter- ates" and Uey wilI be able to find a happy lifetime, in spite of the educational oytem that bas nurtured them for the pat 14 years. 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