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jjii ri j rl v i r x zr x zsr 33ih5s autmontmes i yr vfos j iv ro jr -j- fpubmotctproudf6otc gerifeimmageraivihbrbuwer- editorinchief advertising i5irector business manager brenda larson debraweller 1 margaret fleming v j sin regional editor classified manager office manager j brian kirlik stephen mathieu wwan oafe editor- w distribution director tracy kibble barry goodyear a eorum for public opinion yorkregions catholic board released its 9 grade3 test results last- week do you think these test are an accurate way of measuring student arid overall school performance i dont think they are accurate because they are ah overall opinion but dont give an accurate individual account they are averaging the figures ouf and it doesnt work just like those polls in quebec- johnsiiaw no i dont believe so these tests dont measure individual potential- its strictly academic if a child does badly it ruins selfesteem lindsay simick 5- 5 s v j c5 s j t 1 sl sr t 1 l- i r0y green j can letters to the editor i think so if they dont have these tests they dont have other ways to measure the students they have to be able to compare students against students in other systems not just otherstudents karl yung students are riot prepared for the future in the old country its better they could take a student in- gracle 3 and compare it to a sirnilarstudent in italy they would be like kindergarten students here as they wont be able to touchaose overseas in acade mic excellence im talking 40 to 50 years agoand i think itsstill the same now i vince benedetto personally i believe in standardized testing i come from a familyof teachers and they all disagree with mewe have some fun discussions like what do you kriowabout education and i say i went through the system charlie hastings i noticed a lot of the schools fell below the aver- age which is atrocious this is alsostressful for the kids i believe theschools with excellentgrades prob ably prep the kids for these exams so i dont know how accurate thewhole thing is and if the kids fall below the mark they are made to feel inferior danielle maliska this weeks question will you spend more money buying gifts this holi day season than you spent last year why or why not submit contributions to y views on the news fax 905 6405477 v- ejijau thetrihistajca i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i t i i r i i i i i i i i i i i end women assault it was a typical december day in 1989 at the ecole polytechnique in montreal and a man calmly walked into an engineering class with a plan he proceeded tb systematically shoot at the women in the classroom murdering 14 women his victims were chosen simply because they were r female men were not targeted this alltoqfafniliaract of violence against women this rhassacre has been dismissed as a random act of violence by a madman sadly it is not tnstead it was a- focused well thought out attack oh 14 women who were all daughters- mothers sisters nieces partners coworkers and friends isit any wonder that these types of attacks continue to happen in our soci- ety we continue to teach our male chil dren to be aggressive driven and uncompromising we raise our female children to be submissive- gentle and tolerant these differences are even more pro- found when we look at statistics which state that one in four women experience physical abuse in an intimate relation ship women are four times as likely to be sexually assaulted by someone they know than by a stranger ninetyfive per cent of sexual assault cases are perpetrated by men 25 per cent of all rapes are committed by husbands these statistics were taken from the canadian panel on violence against women 1993 these facts reflect the power imbal ance between men and women such imbalance is the foundation for vio lence against women which issupport- ed and sustained through our society york region often thought of as a safe community saw 615 women since january 1998 seek assistance atlthe regions two womens shelters sandgate womens shelter and yellow brick house these women were fleeingvio- lence violence that happens in their own homes by people they kriow and love in addition to this- figure are hun dreds of women who sought support through outreach- programs of shelters and community services for abused women the womens sexual assault helpline receives on average 244 calls a- month from women in our community making a difference in york region means- speaking up supporting your- community shelters and womens ser vices by donating your resources or time write your local politicians expressing your concerns challenge gender stereotypes and pass it on to the children in your life r making a difference means saying no to violence no woman should ever be abused this letter is written in honour of the 14 women who died dec 6 1989 and to women who continue to face violence in their daily lives public awareness committee on womens issues york region sexual assault helpline and outreach services i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i 1 i any scrooge eading aloud from a book is a cinch right but it gets a bit tougher when the book waswritteri in the style of the time and the time was 1843 its charlie dickens a christmas carol and im one of five people taking part in a dramatic reading of that christmas classic at the newmarket theatre on dec 19 the author himself had great suc- cess travelling the world and reading a condensed version of the story to packed houses we have rarely witnessed or shared an evening of suchgenuirie enjoyment never before remembering to have seen a crowded assembly of 3000 people hanging on the lips of a single reader wrote the london leader of his first public reading of the story in 1857 y easy for him after allhe wrotethe darn thing an evil eye v no one denies that gholly was one heck of a writer reading his works aloud however js something else its a challenge to catch a breath while youre intoning no children- asked him what it wasvclqck- nomah or woman ever once in all his life inquired the way to such and such a place of scrooge even the blindmans dog appeared to know him and when they saw him coming on would tug their owners into doorways arid up courts and then would wag their tails as though they said no eye at all is bet ter than an evil eye and thats one of the easier pas sages my fellowreadeirs durham- york mpp julia munfoe cbc radio reporter maureen brosnahanfree- lance broadcaster nqrrn dynes and community theatre actor cliff copeland all have tougher para- v graphs arid i riiust admit handle them ihiich better than i anyway if youre interested in find- ing out if i can survive a number of 650word sentences call the theatre box office at 9535122 proceeds frorn ticket sales go to the newmarket arid district association for corhmunity living- and take note im retiring from dramatic readings after this- like scrooge says wish to remain anonymous stdtrffvffle tribune r r-rr- serving the community 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