WHITBY FREE PRESS«. WEDN ESDAY, J UNE 2 5. 1980, PAGE 5 Between You andMe F-P By RUTH CHERS "The Objeet of Education la to Prepare the Young To Educate Themselves Throughout Their Lives. " Robert Maynard Hughins A short columnn this week, few words and fewer thoughts. Warm sun, hot sand and the cool gllmmering lake took over and left me barren of thought. The wonderful world of learnlng; the more you learn the more you find to learn. The world of knowledge is forever expanding. Just of function and live requires great learning and knowledge if we want to do it weil. A great number of people live in a small circle or square, withing the framework of the world. So compact and neat!1 The fundarntals of learning are obtained at sebool which prepares us for that great experience of discovery. To feel we have learned ail there is to learn at sehool is fallacy. This is only the beginning and a small one at that. When we venture forth into the world of commerce, industry, and arts another new world opens up. We have to gain the ex- perience and the skills necessary to succeed. Practical experience I think is more important than any book learning whether it be medicine or law. One has to of cour- se learn the basics. Practical experience is one of the major components of learning. Now it seems one must specialize in many fields because of the advancement of science and technology. A doctor, a general practioner bas a hard time keeping up with ail the new knowledge with which he is bombarded. So the answer to this is, one area zero in and specialize. Too many chiefs and too few Incians. No one wants too take too much responsibilityl1, pass the buck, let the other fellow do it. In the nursing profession I hear aider nurses say, "1too many text books, too much to learn. We have lost the practical exper- tise, the really important part of nursing. " So many people are saying thls in other professions now. Creativlty must be encouraged, imagination must be used to " w. *Ottawa Report By SCOTT FENNELL, MP (PC - ONTARIO) -J Exporting electricity is a vaid idea Thoug hts on education make the world go around. We dont ail follow the same star. The need for additlonal learning after completlng school is; essential for most occupations. Sehool does not provide you with adequate skiils required to perform in particular fields of en- deavor. We hear horrendous tales from university professors of people being denled admission to coileges across the land because they cannot speil or do, math. We seS this in many of our smail newspaper. Correct spelllng cannot even be copied. The distor- tAons of words can sometimes be rather dreadful. As for math, have you ever seen a clerk counting wlth ber fingers to arrive at a right figure? Watch and you wil see. So inaybe the basics are not being taught properly. This is what we are being told. What are we going to do about it? We put many millions in the field of education, specialists again, bighly paid but wbat are they producing? So is t up to us to demand that the basics, just the basics be taught proficiently and weil. From there one can branch out. should we drop ail the icing, the.very costly icing and get down to brass tacks? We, the tax payers should cail the tune as we pay the pipe. To help make your Ontario holiday more fun, you should now have received home delivery of your very own "Ontario-yours to discover!" vacation guide which outlines. by region and by route. many of our provinces holiday delights. Other handy guides are yours for the asking: Accommodation. This bookiet provides you with detailed information on where to stay. how much you'll pay, and what facilities are available. Camping. A booklet that tells you about the facilities at aIl private and provincial campsites throughout the province. Boating. A wealth of marine facilities with maps of specific water routes and thîngs to see and do along the way. It seems to me i the past rmailng, wrlting, and ariûimatlc were requlsites from every Tom, Dlck and Harry. The iclng whlch came later depended on the individual. How great was bis or ber desire, how far was it they wrnted to go and what sacrifice would they make to obtain their goal? So to learn one must live. 1 talk ta young people.who feel the sky la, the limit. No sacrifice la too great, they bave a hunger for knoýledge, a thirt for adventure and nothlng will hold them back. They will succeed. They are able to acquire money because they need it and will somehow, someway make it. The world is there for the taklng and they wli neyer stop learning. The searcb for knowledge wlll go on despite anythlng or everything. "The great end of education is 'ta discipline rather than to fur- nish the mind: to train it to the use of it's own powers, rather than to fil it with the accumulation of others." Tyron Edwards (1809-18M) Fishing & Huntlng. Ontario is stili one of the best places to fish and hunt. and this guide tells you where. Summer Events. Ontario is bursting at the seams with things ta do and see. This booklet highlights the events and dates in June. JuIy and August. For your copy of any of these publications, write: Ontario Travel. Queen's Park. Toronto, M7A 2E5. Or caîl collect: 416-965-4008 Some local controversy was recently created by the NDP can- didate for the riding of Durham West, a riding held by George Ashe, a Progressive Conservative MPP and the Parliamentray Secretary to tbe Minister of Energy. As a federal MP, I don't like to interfere in provincial matters, but I will if stupidity is left unchallenged. Stupid is the only word to describe the recent attack on George Ashe for bis suggestion that Canada sbould export electricity. When the Canservative Party briefly took over the federal goverument, we discavered that Canada's trade deficit was horrendous and going ta become much, much worse than the public bad been led to believe. The situation is the same today and if thi s economy is ever going ta lick inflation and provide employment opportunities for our young people, it is going to have ta compete effectively an world markets. Until aur embarrassiiig trade deficit is correc- ted, the economy will continue ta stagnate. George Ashe bas said that Ontario Hydro could export a tremendous amount of electricity through increased nuclear generating capacity. Those exports would go a long way ta reducing aur trade deficit and, more importantly, wouid allow Canada to producae a secondary product and increase aur energy sufficiency. It s tume we exploited and processed aur own natural resources, rather than let the United States do if for US. The NDP candidate's attack on George Ashe - s arning, 1 suppose, that a provincial election will be - ýp;~ soon - is irrational. He wants us to ignore aur huge surpfies ( uranium, our safe and efficient nuclear reactors, and the thirst of aur southern neighibours for energy. Yet the NDP also cries that we need an idustrial policy which will reduce aur crippling trade deficit. Canada bas to make some crucial decîsions in the years abead. We must decide if we want ta settie for second best of if we'd rather, with some bard work, succeed and lead in the decades to come. If we want ta be number one we must take ad- vantage of every single opportunity we've got and do s0 fully, not half-heartedly. George Ashe's suggestion pointa ta the right direction. O Larry Grossman, Min ister of lndustry and Tourism William Davis, Premier Ontario yours to icvr fi