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Re: Editorial ‘“Feachers,
Tears, and Laughter’’, Janu-
ary 20th, Sunday News

Negative, misleading and
abusive journalism can only
tend to-mislead a community
rather than improving. it. The
irresponsible reporting on
_ the part of the publisher
raises. doubts as to his
integrity and the motives of
‘his paper.

factual knowledge in educa-
tion and his subjective

assumptions are misleading.

to the community.

"Some examples are as
follows: ;

1. The term “‘workers”’ is
used. To whom is the teacher
' being compared - the blue
collar workers or the white
collar workers?

2. "Salaries — in the top
category are out of perspec-
tive (they are much higher).
However, to report accurate-
ly should there not be
comparative figures for other
professions where a univer-
sity degree is required?

3. Teachers are paid for
ten months, not twelve as
suggested. Therefore. they
receive only three weeks
‘*paid’’ holidays. Most work-

You will

also be

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ing ‘people receive anywhere ;

from three to six weeks
holidays not two as - you
suggested. .

4. Professional days are as
important for teachers as
‘research and facts are to
journalists. Mr. Speck re-

marks that the restaurants

are filled on’ professional
‘days. And why not? Profes-
sional days are the only days
where there is not some type
of supervision to do -

| oo . fiteteria, halls, gym, library,
He demonstrates a lack of .

. Teachers are entitled to

a lunch hour once in a while.

There are many in-service

_programs which teachers

organize. and attend in the
evenings.

5. The number of working
hours per week often.exceeds
that of others due to course
planning, making up assign-
ments as well as marking.
Extra-curricular work such as
clubs, sports, parent inter-

views and additional school ~

functions (plays and musical
productions) take many
hours away from the teach-
ers’ families.

Your “greatest damage,
however, comes from your
negative attitude toward the
worth of education in North
Vancouver, and its value to
the betterment of our com-
munity.

I ‘have lived in North
Vancouver all my life (41

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praise for the effort our
educators put out. Also, I

have two children in Elemen- :
tary- school who séem to

benefit ‘greatly’ from. their |

*- education.

I can never repay in school
taxes what the teachers and
the educational system have
done for me, and hopefully

my children. It is -still the

best investment society can
make for its own future, in
spite of your paper.

It is a shame your
publisher, Mr. Speck, never
received any benefit from
school (as the quality of his

editorial points out). How- .

ever, his taxes will most
certainly help aspiring jour-
nalists to pen quality editor-
ials in the future.

Finally, I would like to see
a front page apology to North
Vancouver educators by Mr.
Speck or by’ his . paper.
Further, I would like to see a
well researched and ‘‘fac-
tual’’ article on the state of
education in North Vancou-
ver to replace his biased
reporting.

Dave C. Wilson
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