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Page 6, News, Tuesday, February 25, 1992 Respect, privacy, key to reading program Can you figure it out? BEE coer ON THE" ict ee -- AB i € He ee - ay é oO ae sk) Aga x A oa wa ie -- Wok ic A De od BST A Qy ULL RES GF te A woer I 2 Po ee A KX a ae OR © wok 7 you can't decipher the code, check out the end of the story for the answer ; é PAR Rac o, see BEL ye t Loe teri Diane Linstead makes a point at last week's session. . by Darren MacDonald The News According to Statistics Canada, one out of every four Canadians don't have the read- ing skills they need for their everyday life. "They develop amazing coping skills," says Diane Lin- stead, coordinator of the Schreiber/Terrace Bay Adult Learning Program. "They've gotten to where they are today without many of the skills we take for granted." Linstead-was addressing a seminar for tutors held in the Terrace Bay Tourist Informa- tion Centre Feb. 22. She says the most common reason people enlist in the pro- gram is to further their careers. "Adult learners have a pur- pose for wanting to learn," Lin- stead says. "That's why we don't use Dick and Jane books--we don't want to insult their intel- ligence, and those books have no purpose in their lives." The Adult Learning pro- gram has been in place for about five years, and Linstead has been involved with it for the last two. There are between 15 and 20 people enrolled in the local program, ranging in age from their early twenties to their late fifties. Linstead says the causes for their reading problems include childhood illnesses, moving around a lot when they were kids, and having non-reading parents. "When I first started, I didn't think there could be any- body in Canada who couldn't read," she says. "Now I'm staggered at howe many there are." The tutors are usually moti- vated by a desire to pass on knowledge, she says. "Mostly they have a love of reading, and want to pass that knowledge to somebody else," she says. "But there's a lot more of a social worker role (in tutoring) than just being a tutor." "Some nights, if they just want to sit and talk, then just sit and talk that night." The most important aspect to tutoring is having respect for your student, Linstead says. ochreiber Winter Carnival Events Klondike Casino Night Friday, Feb. 28th 7 p.m. - 1 a.m. Schreiber Community Hall Admission is a Winter Carnival Button Melt Down Dance Saturday, Feb. 29th 9 p.m. -1am. Schreiber Community Hall Minnow races to be held at 11 p.m. Admission is '$5 per person ih ss bcs 8 is laces 4¢¢ ne t: ost ees Senet Geb Me Jobe, Salar teen "You must respect their pri- vacy," she says. "But that's not generally a problem The pro- gram tends to attract people hand in hand in the moon- light. At the bandstand the couple went right out into the water. At first light, the couple " pay nee ee who understand that anyway." | were dead on the sand. Only herself and the tutor ~ are aware of the identity of the ; SERS student--unless the students themselves tell anyone. After an initial period of embarrassment, Linstead the confidence and enthusiasm of the student usually skyrockets. "They gain a lot of confi- dence because they're so proud of what they have accom- plished," she says. Despite their best efforts, Linstead says they reach only about one per cent of people | who could benefit from the to be a Local Hero Adult Learning Program. Imagi ss : agine Canada I know were reaching peo- = ee Bitsis wits pivin ple," she says. "We're not an important art lives. Where they plan how much they can give, in time and in money. Where they don't wait reaching all of them, and we never will. But even if we help just one person learn to read, it's worthwhile." eee ie ee For more information on the one of those people. Be : program, call 824-3164. oLocal Hero: Answer to "Death on the 7 \ age' Beach" --One night about half gs past ten a man and a woman went out onto the sand. The man and the woman went A new spirit of giving : Special Thank You The Tenrace Bay Figure Skating Club proudly announces that Inter(Uuh'G2 was a tremendous success. Special thanks ts all the Cusinesses whe were 20 with donations, to the many volunteew - whe worked countless hours, ta those whe cheered on our skaters, and an extra special thanks ta the Organizing Committee whe. did a suport job. Your contribution, made this cuent, one to be extremely froud of. Tt was truly a Community Event and effart. iat Skating Club Awe aff SOA al BASEL ee a ovettett iaeeoe Say os en eg eT NE EY woe es toe ee PF Stitt treet