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‘Liam surprised to discover,
from ‘Tom Kelly’s Feb, 15
letter, that, as one ‘of the

_ Dear Editor:

: It is reassuring to 0 | read
“> ‘that at. least one member of
_ the. provincial government
(Hon.. Jack Davis, M.L.Al,
North ‘Shore News, Feb). 3)
“agrees, ‘with the need|’ for
‘immigrant. children (to) go

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more vocal i in light of: the

a Dear Editér: - : :
“, When =the * striking “Vin:
.couver students say the Pio-
‘vincial Government’s restraint
‘program is’ a cough-out, fin
eality they are’ saying, you
must “have the money ‘to
ovide » us. with: certain
courses or you must go out
arid Borrow it. ‘

When: 25° cents. of every
ax dollar is required-to pay
the interest on’ the public
debt: and governments are
“already taking over 50 per
_ cent, of the’ profi ts, of the
: private sector. in ‘one “tax
-form™or another, their “de
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refers are no such thing; they
are merely the result of
post-poning a teacher’s real
salary for a period of 10 or
12 years.

Teachers are paid on one
‘of -several salary scales,
depending upon the amount
of University training they
have received. Movement
along a particular scale re-
quires no further training,

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30,000 supporters of Na-
tional Citizens ‘Coalition, 1
am representative of ‘‘ihe
small corporate elite..

proposed cuits, to the English

programs serving more than ~

10,000 immigrant children in
the Vancouver area.

That Mr. Davis has some
difficulty with the ESL label
is not surprising. Acronyms
abound .in the field, in-

cluding EAL (English as an_

Additional Language),

ENIL(English as an. Interna-
tional and - Intranational
Language), and EWL

raise
. Money. Prices will go up and
“markets: will:

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only satisfactory classroom
performance and the passage
of time.

Would parents accept a
tower educational standard
for their. children because
they were being taught by a
younger, rather than an
older, teacher?

Of course not, any more
than we would expect or ac-
cept lower standards of per-

‘behind the assault on
workers’ wages, job pen-
sions; and rights’’; and that,
as a supporter, | am one of

formance from young doc-
tors, sales-clerks, bus drivers
or food handlers. And, in
almost every area of
employment other than
teaching, workers reach their
maximum pay rates within a
very short period — often in
three years or less, and rare-
ly more than five.

Yet the new teacher must,
because of school board

junteer

**those Canadians (who) are
very wealthy and have con-
trol of the financial institu-
tions of Canada’.

y language

(English as a World
Larguage) to name a few.
Perhaps he would join me in
recommending to the
Ministry a new title: English
for Multi-lingually Advan-
taged Students (English for
MLAs). :

What is surprising about
‘Mr. Davis's letter is the im-
plication that he is somehow
affronted by recent im-
migrants to this province
who are fluent in at least one
language other than English.

“The province will have to municipal spending restraint °
taxes and borrow. . must succeed. ~ : .

Employers will'go’ brake and ° os

more jobs will disappear. -

Are these students’ trying a
to create: socialism?’. When.
interest ‘on the “public debt -

becomes greater. than “the
collectible taxes, we
‘have national bankruptcy,
anarchy, and. enforced so-
cialism.

tion?

AS long as national money: f
‘is under the control of inter-

national financial monopoly, i
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That this language is their
first; or native, or mother

tongue is something’ which °

cannot be legislated away.

Indeed the strength and
variety of cultural com-
munities within B.C.; and
Canada, may say as much
about ‘the importance . of
languages other than English
as the Ministry’ ‘of Educa-
tion. ’

Daryl Rustemeyer,
North Vancouver

its. striking for soctallem:

- Roy Thomias, *
Princeton, B. C.:

986- 4646 ©

1 - Friday, March 1, 1985 - North Shore News

parsimony and policy, wait
at least 10 years before
receiving the same salary as
her/his older colleague! The
effect -upen a_ teacher’s
lifetime earnings runs into
tens of thousands of lost
dollars.

If John Reynoids doesn’t
like this system of postponed
salary, let me assure him
that neither do the many.

[am contempiating seeing.

my bank manager, with Mr.
Kelly's assessment and my

‘NCC membership in hand,

to let him get a clearer con-

' ception of just with whom

he is dealing!
I would explain to Mr.
Kelly that my non-deductible

contributions to NCC are.

voluntary, and may. cease at
my
hazard to my circumstances,
because I am persuaded that
much, though not
everything, which NCC
espouses is in the best inter-

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its salary

teachers victimized by it. I'm
sure they would be very
happy to join with Mr.
Reynolds in seeking an end
to such “‘salary increases,”
and accept instead full pay-
ment of their salaries from
the -beginning. of . their ca-
reers. .

Harry Seddon,
North Vancouver

some CUPE members might _
find some merit in some of
the NCC's opinions, even as

I can s¢e some merit in some
of CUPE’s attitudes,

“1 do wonder, : though, if
‘CUPE-‘membership and fi-
nancial support’ were volun-
tary, whether’ the ‘slogan
“the union makes. us
strong” would be nearly as
persuasive’ in getting and re-
taining ; membership as. that

. glowing democratic implica-

tion it you don’t join.and
pay’ dues, you don't work
here’.

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“ North Vancouver

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