PAGE It - WATERLOO Ct.ttMtCt,E, mousseâ€. SEPmqeR A ms Nowthatssxgioartimroet-in,iitrt-eerxrtrshmr tootnuehsayintuircL1dreet'iedutsatinttteiesdtools 1heiruttkatarmplaint'.Httsr3ethriiai'tr.tte.er"t tour%sifthetearenotnsilsirtdteebandtat_ Thisbyttte,mr,amestrmntuontan'os-ytlthoedt erswedimsm,it-eunionthatis-i-timinatitmt4 Graie13irmnttteimishigttsetttxols Whatnmseme. Both-nent-ries-ure-emi?.- selrinterGtandadeaimto-astnanrntteirmemttitttt pamhieartdtogdr-entirtwtveetttoarotosttretrtirtimurn. htterait,ianttttatwltatunioosare6? Thattn-et1bebuttheunioetieritaetters1istoo readilyapparent ltcumplaimjustatthevuytilmthettvoimpor- tantaiaatsouteaaismGvebeenrel-d%tidtitrinthe fiseofeverythintrtheuniottsay' First,thireisuetMmiilioetstudyrek-dbytheCttntdian NueasmAsstxiatitm-ekwhichmidirtttourtreetainterms thatcseareduastit-uanotertieos-tyarttiaoenrrturtitr prwrarnsareeeytriiuteeamtmur'"rtttttuirt9edts.. tiiuhermmii.themoreparisttirmslmneettirtxhttolsthtbet- ter After all, for whose benefit is the atueatiottal nem’ee being delivered? hm't it for students and their parents? And shouldnt those parents play a key role in theirehildren'g 1eantistg?That's whystrrmgparentaxmcilsareneeded indedaxhagbaudsshouldben-,astheyare,attout theseammauAtterail,pubticschagtruaeeshmemeixmtpart1e ularly effective in guiding public education in Ontario, partly txraiseatheveryfimiudp-trutrteeshaveimderthefktt tsonActandpartfyssauseirtastMthesntu'urtderthtspellofthe bureaucrataLwhohavetheiromtagestd-trinthegame. Tunkgoodneoattttenewedueationmirtitrtrr,arhrtsmhelert, recxviizeisthatmanypamntaaretairxrltiPtlyttthtsyetis ‘broken' and thatthey want meinput lfhe keepelisteningto parentsinstasddtheurtitetheeetrmrbeomtprNrt seumay,itiaatmndanttrdearthatpuhlieedutationisntallit uscrackeduptobe.lnbct.ihmediocreatbe¢.‘l'lmhavebeen dire warnings in the peat in years that something had better char-the-mt-m-stud-ttata-ttind" arunt-tsinNheratuntries. Test results, as limited as they are, show Canadian students doin-trirtinternatitmalampetitiory NathehmenunFederationgTetschera0fallpewle,haverst ognizedtheumetnnd. 1nawikranginginternational smvey.the Ahsaysthat-Amertcananticanadianatutknulagbehind their foreign manic munterpartsinEumpenn nations. What else is new? This study just amiinns what many people have knownibrsometime rtow:therundAhemill pupil in French, German andsaetishseuolsamsbetteratermialtmta,inearlier grades,thanaeshisU.S.orCanadianettert AndtheAFFunionpreddenLAlbenSlnnker.lgxeee.‘lt'snot only the top students in other countries who do well,’ he an. "These asuntnuenaNelamerturnhe" tftheirtr-adtieving studentatogettootidatadmtieUrhrtNntL" auitearGrna-tt-t-dtt'trrtioetuderAtkttst he wines that "hoolirtgiuthetttrmRtm-rtatitmstrterr titmedGtttoutrits-itotdtttatAsmeitartrhrstitnisrtt' uptosnutr.taitttiritstttiama-,tttmtdiNii?ther. so,eh-atttet-ursominthttarioth-uttpartd "ritasititctttwisa--ithth-tortditrtedstohe tixuAndtheoartthirV Moreonthilnntwe‘. Waterloo Town Square 75 King St. South, Suite 201 Waterloo, Ontario Flawed arguments New-Ilka M1 Fax No. ttt.08tt8 6% MesRIh,ill-.e eaadhiiastrimeetdoftesGstt Fred Sage! (Spat-Rita) Maybe you should all this the endd-aummer col- 1eetiGotuisartdena.ItamasatatirnewhenI thiur'vetriumphedmerthewhitegnNthatthreas ened our lawn. Themanwholookaafterourgprayingandfertilir ing said he's surprised at how many householders have given up on watering. They're apparently resigned to having unrelieved hum Say, maybe ith the ant. be seen stretches of nine-by-12 lawn that could have been mrpewd cheaper. A Matter of Pride: I've been hard on welfare cheats and for that I make no apology, but a letter irmnawaterioomothersl-thatsorttetisrrtiliea& tsytogetotrwelfare.(i'mnotusinghernameato matter oidilPitrt Clock tower vandalism no surprise "My husband and l have a fivrerearsld We went ottptihlicaaaiatanethreerarsagtr.Wewerithavipg trouble gettingbytsoseaskedfirhelp. We receiveda ttup' which helped out. At the same time we went 'Lving in government Musing, we lost hope for our future. Our car kept breaking down and our neigh- bors were proud of theating the system'. While my husband went to work eight hours every day, our neighbor delivered pizza. collected under the table, collected welfare and the wife was getting aid from the government to go to college. "My husband was getting discouraged by our wel- fare-cheetneighbonwhowerembothsidee.0nthe otherside,mshadasinglemotherwiththreekids,tt txryfriendshedidntelaimandagainshemorkedand was paid under the table. "AsdJuly,1996,wemtmsdouttrthehousirgrastd myfivrryearmldwillteoutoulmdaeddayeareon Friday because she starts kindergarten. Today we sentalettertel1ingwelfkremsarenolongerinntmi oftheirhelp. "Myhuahstndstartaianewihtnakingt2.50more anhour.NrNeetmaieMyhushandhaahttdayh tirteehemtsi6.HéhasneverbenuntsrrtArsd.As hrtms,Nttqtittsgetaparbtirtteih. "For seven year: we've had a dream of our own hmneinourttmnsn-,mthadrtotitrnilygupport artdnohmilratall.We%mliedanourmtmti- hummzm "rttim0-tttsatttttdthrus,hutruasrttihel sotfhrrumelmstortdietevmtmeehseparthe wouareiihtGrtiremanwhtetuthtteth WERE gaff/17:; MEN 77/5 2475 OF ovrsmiyr/s" Nor HIGH AT ALL Waterloo Chronicle is publilhod - WM by 'ueuttfo_1retset1tisunmtutr-o. "e""e'tth"u'"tuet-r. _? T . TheFaimmrt1rmp 1rrtt,t.hrrf, 315 fungus; , $arititth1uads. bills. My husband mdlprominedeuchother we wouldgetoutandsrsdiditlthtrdmhterdtseryrd tnuchtnotrrthartmlthm "1hankrutierurarhsmrtht-imrthetruthif thesewelihreehtsatf inthewakegla-k'sahmnmttdrdemothet' withliveinbqyfHemhs,n_datlFupixsrt, indudingaatrmttdBdaloaoottoitialsBut alettersmhaatheprxmdir-it*.mtttrrur faithinalotofthinirLAndrieettthem well. A _ vandaiseandttitnIhtstnmmtth+setiuli- ous atxrutplunkirxrtud" Mold of,rdet'gd'dgt,tt . tltt,t2t payer is always I t' T _t,ttgwp0 as been raised from busineau 'ttl', _ but that's about $75,000 short.“ iiitt,t9trtexpense to come. "51;" _ That'srigheThertmrrtmdiirm'retkntew_ith spoththtaiokeepitteim-rr-dtthcTlte iramiiartistshivehititti.titm.Aeteoverthe ageofreaaontmldumtddamtdift-itihappen, more’sthepity. AttertaNetmiar'treortrth-testahtm!rtd peateandquieetssotthiikabiiitit,jugt?bout theonlvGpumihrthor-frieitrhall, 1rittutgttumgtvNittrirutrhastr1ruelit. seeds of concerts "seuaineoattttiurmrieoiwtrld War Big. It’s fi,gttgt2ttttt't1tt 3;de enduringwar-unacqa‘r Comesthe n e. N . Er,smgtsatr-trnateettst-iarttihey1i Itllsms?atttohrrlrhtmttugtrtuett.taaerl1rt tometttettmtitoai-tKitithtBtrttar* its!tgmntuettrtu1atiamitH-eftritr.itet iGryer Gerry In "tikii.i"ih _ munity and J,Cir,dlTaTf2tttt'fl'Jlllltdld ,rtuyrisrtrerft It ' 'eei'tlrtld'liff, ortAndwyne 'd 'fih'iii FfiiFLttj5