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A NEWS survey found that 33% of the
North Shore thinks the government doesn’t
do enough to help students find summer
jobs, but one student wrote to say kids
should do more to help themselves. Are
you doing enough? Are you succeeding?

. The school of the future should place greater emphasis on career development programs

* TAM currently enrolled i ina
career development course
‘called Video Production 12.
The goal of this course is to
teach students the ins and -
outs of the film and journal-

- ism industries. ws

“We produce many of the articles
“you see on this page and we also pro-
yduce high quality videos for the
"_ School district that are re often shown
“on Shaw Cable. *-

work and determination but it’s also
“a lot of fun} We are responsible for -.
" getting the work done ourselves and
if that means coming in early, or
oing, home late, then we do it.“
‘Are you surprised that a group of
teens would commit to this? Are you

other members of my class felt the
same way. So I asked.

& Do you enjoy fhe course and if
so why?

.> RL: I really enjoy the career
. development course because it gives

real purpose to what you learn in
school. You get a chance to imple-
ment what you've leamed through-

‘out your life in actual applications,
’ instead of just studying. From the
- video production standpoint, it’s

given me a goal in life.
> S&.R.: Yeah, I do. It gives me
good work experience and teaches

-. me real skills, It’s also fun ’cause I

~: fike-writing and the technical work.
> O,8.: Lenjoy the'course because I
: get to do a lot of things that 1

~ couldn’t do in school. I’m going to -
~ become a sound technician and I get
.a lot of experience from this course

“in sound, I also like working with

video equipment. I'like the editing

‘stuff. I just get really bored with aca-
‘demics.
> S.E: Yeah. Very mich so, ’cause

I’m not really a school person. It gets
me out of school and I’m still learn--
ing. It's helping me'decide what 1.

want to be.

; | What aspect of thec course do
-you enjoy most? _.
! >) RL. I’m a techie. I enjoy techni-

cal work, playing around with weird

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sit down and work like a group of.
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> S.R.: ... the organization part of
video production and using all the
different equipment ... so basically
the video production aspect.
> OS: | think the editing has got
to be the best aspect of the course,

_ and the sound, too. You leam stuff

66 This course takes

a lot of hard work and -

determination but it's
_also a lot of fun! 9? -

that you don’t learn in school. I just —

find it easier to learn! I’m doing
something [ like. I’m not in a class
having some monotone teacher

» going, “blah, blah, blah.” It’s not

boring. Like, Dave (our teacher) is a
really cool guy! You have some fun
and there’s just a lot of laughs!

“>. SL: ... probably the video pro-

duction aspect of it — pretty much’

*cause that’s what I want to get into
eventually; become a major director
and get lots of money!

& Do you feel this course is heip- °
ing you te decide what you would |

. like to do in the future?
‘> RIAL: Yes, it is. [It’s given me

great insight into the media age and
every thing to do with media in gen-

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eral. { found that I really enjoy it asa
field and as a possible career, It also
gave me a chance to work witha.
company, with which I then went on
io become a part-time employee. 1
new continue to work with them and:
i'm enjoying it a lot and I’m thinking
about possibly pursuing it directly as

. a career, I may go to BCIT or Cap.

College to take a media course... -

_» SR: Yeah, I do, because it gives:
me useful work experience with:
technical equipment.
> OS.: This course is helping me a
lot. I didn’t know what J wanted to -
be. I thought either a mechanic or a

, computer technician or something ;
along those lines. Well, those didn’t :
reaily work out and then I heard
about this program. I heard it was
going to be really tough, but, it”
turned out not to be as tough as I)
thougat. It moves really quickly and.
it’s not a slow paced course.
> SL: ... very much so. It’s show-
ing me all the work you have to put
in to become a director and to work
in the film industry. The long hours .
and the difficult work getting the -
shots off and going on location —
that’s my favorite aspect of it.

@ Should the Ministry, OF ge

Education fund mere courses of
this type? pS “
> RL. Yes, because 1 believe that”

this is exactly the type of course stu-:

dents need. Lots of people have trou-
ble choosing what they are actually
going to do and become when they
grow up. Even if you don’t decide
that the field you are currently doing
career preparation in, is the field for:
you, it gives you the kind of life
experience that chaanels down your ::
goals and prospects and points you
towards exactly what is right for you.
> S.R.: Yeah, cause it would give
snore kids the opportunity to take this

LAST WEEK we asked if older’

musicians are too old for rock
’n’ roll.

@ I’m in my late 20s, but ’'m

young at heart. Every band
has it’s own message. When I
started listening to Pink Floyd,
‘J went back to listen to their

first albums, and they were -

compietely different then.
Every band has a different
imessage, every writer has a

different lyric, every poet has a .

different poem. If the message
is right, it doesn’t matter what

their age. If it sounds.right to..

you in your heart, and what
you do in your life, it is right.

@ | like the Rolling Stones a
jot. Some rockers are coming
back after 20 years in retire-
ment. If these people are try-
ing to make a quick buck they
should think twice, but if they
are really im love with the
music, and want to perform
for us, they should go for it.

@ I don’t think the aging

members are too old. if they
can sing good, it doesn’t mat-
ter how old they are. I like
Pink Floyd, I’ve got all of their

CDs. That’s mostly what I lis-

ten to.

kind of course. :
> O.S.: Yeah. The ministry should. it
fund a lot more courses like this ont
They keep saying, “trades are.the:
way of the future, electronics, blah,
blah, blah”. [think they sh iuld fund:
as many courses as they C2

. because it strikes a lot of enthu:

- from people. Like, everybody'g ets’
“really hyped about:itand.1’m r wat ‘thats
‘sure about you, but I love the course! -*!
- They need more courses like it!

>’ S.L: Yeah. I think if school-were:
- like our course then you wouldn’

: have'as many drop-outs and you!
have more people enjoying going 5 to

We can an joke zround. We oe
“write about any topic we choose. We 2
. decide on the topic and concept of:
- our video. We have a say in. what w
will be working on that day." We are :
given the freedom to express and":
“enjoy ourselves. j
“This is what makes this course 5
" , great. We are given the opportunity
to lear by doing it ourselves!"
We learn more than just how to
switch a camera on: We leam to take
“responsibility for getting the job
done. We learn how to interact with
people like a true professional...

1 am privileged because most stu-";" “

dents will not get the opportunity to
Jearn these things before they leave
“high school. Most students ‘will not
‘have something like a video or news-
paper article that they can point to... ;
and say “1 did that, and Idida damn.
good job.” >. ~ ‘ :

- So what are we going to do about
“it?

Craig Hashimoto i is 18 years old «
_and a Grade 1] student at Argyle. -:
secondary school. He's into skiing’
and writing, ¢ as well as drama.

®@ Kids nowadays listen to a at
different kinds of music, so it’s |!
‘not like when they (older musi- -|
cians) were growing up when ‘|:
they experienced different’.
kinds of music. They shouldn’t |
be trying to keep in touch with |
kids of.a younger generation,
mostly they’re audience is peo-":
pie from their generation.

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Recently, we also asked if
racism were a problem in your

school. Another of our Tespon-
dents said: . i

@ What we need to do to stop
the problem is create more
awareness: to stimulate some
respect for other cultures, reli-
gions and races