A6 - Sunday, May 1, 1983 - North Shore News — editorial page The job The closing issue of the current election campaign is clearly crystallizing around the motherhood theme of job creation — a goal to which all candidates profess to be dedicated. The question remains: how best to do it? The alternative approaches are simple, although this fact in itself doesn't automa provide fast or certain an- swers,. For the NDP the solution is to pump huge sums of borrowed money into direct, govern- ment-organized job creation. The latest NDP price tag on this proposal is nearly $700 million. The Socreds believe free enterprise can accomplish the task more efficiently and more permanently if government meddles as litde as possible in the private sector — while striving to prevent increases in the tax burden on business, industry and consumers through restraint programs. Direct government job creation might be the more immediate way to produce certain limited results. And the NDP also argue that, if money is borrowed for welfare, it's preferable to borrow it for make-work projects. The history of past government make- work exercises, however, shows they are invariably a short-term palliative only, doing little more than scratch the surface of the total problem. ard $700 million would be an horrendous . load on taxpayers for years to come — stifling business expansion and consumer spending alike. The private sector alone can create lasting long-term job growth. It may take a little longer, but it’s the only SURE answer. Keep track “Fast-tracking” is the latest Ottawa buzz work - coined to describe Finance Minister Lalonde’s hurry to get federal make-work projects off the ground. Cutting red tape sounds a great idea. But TOO much fast- tracking, of course, could make it hard to track down where the taxpayers’ dollars are going - or backtrack if Mr. Lalonde ends up onthe wrong track. Teen WHITE OF ComETTEs ASUD WENT VANT OTE sunday news Diaplay Advertising 980-0511 a lasakclalia:eeieees Classified Advertising 986-6222 rT ews Newsroom 985-2131 Circulation 966-1337 1139 Lonsdale Ave North Vancouver BC VIM 2H4 Publisher Peter ase. + Associate Publisher Robert Gahan Editor -in-chiet Noel Wright Advertising Directo: Tints Prarie as Personnel Director Mrs Berm ttlbard Circulation Otrec tor Bian AE his Production Owrector Office Manago: CoPitts deotyrrsee: Photography Manage: {orev Carine, Terry beter:, North Shore Naerwa sonsded Gb a ae dependence, vere tap augers ear Gt cae eatditeercd car reders lee Breve be she: WE Boat IN Pa anggeaaget tht tthe tomeame Tae Act os qautitintsedd eat Weoemeday ant Sscareday try Neel! ‘pbverre foresee Pores tet arsed Detratosterct 1 mvetty bere »ftee Never Ht ‘eProre ne Gd (dann Maul Ho gintiatir Niowote tae Entre contents 1982 North Share free Proas itd All rights ‘eserved ‘wuatene etpteonn Nort and Went var noe 4 pe yee faten avanatrte cn rope: Ne + pe ee abet . etyede VERTED CARCULA TION 64 460 Wedneeday 64.776 Bunday THIS PAPER IS RECYCLABLE By KATHLEEN SWANN AS AN EX-BANK Manager with a newly carved career in motherhood, I naturally want the best for my son and daughter, and feel that providing them with a good education is the only favour we can do for our children. My brief two-year encounter with the local public school has been the source of constamt and startling disappointment. In the late 1950's I walked to Sir Adam Beck Elementary, a public school in suburban Toronto. We treated our elders with respect and rudeness was not tolerated. Our principal was a gentleman, and the lady teachers were unmistakably ladies. My childhood passed happily. Our six-year old son has attended kindergarten and grade one at our local public school, and our five-year old daughter will be ready for kindergarten this fall. They will not be attending the North Shore school that claims 30% of our annual property taxes. We consider ourselves lucky to have been offered places for them at a first rate private school in Vancouver. Busing our children across the city to an expensive fee- paying school was not our first choice. We had felt confident enough about the public system to purchase a house within easy walking distance of a reputedly good ELECTION MINTS to aid the digestion after a nch TV dinner of Channel 10 candidates) on Star of the undoubtedly West Van- Howe Sound Independent Bert Fleming Tiddleycove's answer to Will Rogers. semes was Asked by a radio station what he would do for the riding. Bert replied “Nothing " “Nothing?” they echoed incredulously “Sure.” said Bert) “All the MLAs so far have done nothing that makes tt casy Why cant politi s be more fun?’ Socred frontrunner in West Van. John Reynolds promises he won't if clected away back to Ottawa inoa hurry Says he finds = proving sal run politics much morc fun besidcs which they give him moeore time (oO onjpoy his kads If iccrunted into ai Seanred cabinet which | portfoho would he like best’ Well, maybe inter povernmental affairs buthe s out fussy Among other West Van hopefuls Claas Spickher- mann the most aggressive New Domocrat ap the North Shore descenbes a tree enterprises” Half of Tiaberal Mon Graham's wardrobe i broilhant Liberal tea himsclf as tory Nefl Phompson school. Kindergarten enrolment brought us face- to-face with The System, and the prospect of “real” school held excitement for our son. We soon realized that gone are the days when children experience unique freedom within the framework of reasonable rules at school. We discovered a do-your-own- thing world where jocks and bullies prosper. It soon became clear that an alarming number of teachers have become so _ deeply involved in wage demands and their right to strike that they have apparently forgotten the - special responsibility entrusted to them: educating our children. School closes at 2:45 p.m., the time when we used to have afternoon recess! Once out of the classroom, kids are free to do their worst without fear of adult in- tervention, since’ the monitor system and playground supervision seem to have faded into history. Kids need direction. Any schoolboy worth his E.T. running shoes will inevitably snigger over wicked words and attempt fisticuffs, but how can he be expected to learn’ what constitutes socially ac- ceptable behaviour, unless someone telis him? Enrichment is the work on Many parents’ lips these days. A study of so-called “enrichment” programmes in our province’s public schools last year revealed that material considered to “pe enriched studies in these schools corresponds directly with the private schools’ core curriculums. Results of high standards soon surface: grade one pupils in the DANGER ° “I drove a school bus for a while, but I had to give it up because of my nerves.” sunday brunch by Noel Wright hkes Bil Bemnen and thinks BCRIC “the most marvellous thing ever donc” In Capilano, Socred tin- cumbent Angus Ree has persuaded his’ carcfree campaign workers he nceds them mght through next Thursday the NDP’s Dr. Olga Kempo still isn't telling Jean Driscoll-Bel and Seymour fellow Libcral Seu McNish spend the wee small hours huddled over their homework books Seymour Socred in cumbent Jack Davis dreams of life without NDP'’s David Schrech (whose name happens to be the German word for “shock” of “terror ) And one TV viewe: described Western Canada Concept crusader Ted White ay “a So«red oon wolfs «hothang Omnty cndurce foot clays morc to Grant Douglas Stewart ol 200 TIO) beast Kings North Van whose name appearcd recently ina NEWS drinking dinvem hist, has « aused quitc a flew problems Douglas Westview Dinve (ram Stewan oof 2/ Ww North Van an cacmplary citizen with an unsulhhed record The latter Carant (Westview) cven had initial problems with his employers plus constant foo nbbing from Acquaintances who suggested he was maybe MO Ube ler ee pe ttetes teas product. He happens, you see, to be an area sales representative. For Park & Distillenes Tilford SETTING IT RIGHT; Tickets for tomghts RCMP Concert Band at the Cen tennmial Theatre are available at North Van Recreation (not “Reception”) Centre And the entry deadline for the Ambleside Pitch ‘n Putt fun golf tournament has been extended to May ' SCRATCHPAD: Most in (nguing tavitavoen of the week In beautiful calligraphh handwriting, arnved from Dianne Shatzko who “invites only those with » sense of humour to menageric o trois and sale of mMintatures Keamcy the a display onginal by art lorna If you like (eo man culture hitthe happens this afternoon (Sunday May 1: from ft Jota 4 pom al 250} Haywood West Van Honored by the Queen outstanding service to mankind in St John Am bulance are Howard Wade Maundrefl and Ruth bathers Gllewteb of North Van cboth promoted to together with North Jacqueline Ann Bfornson and Norman Edgar Thane ond West Vans Wiltlham AM W ood three promoted to lhe your with oa laughter, at fon Commander) Van BY call Offices playground . Public schools are failing us schools we visited were reading at the same level as the grade two class in our local school. Given opportunity and encouragement, children have surpising capabilities, and at a very early age. A recent newspaper editorial cited the results of a poll which revealed that 19% of students polled in their final year of high school could not name the capital of Canada; another 53% could not name one great Canadian; nearly 60% did not know that the voting age had been lowered to 18. Perhaps it is statistics such as these that contribute to our international inferiority complex: Oxford and Cambridge still demand at least one year in a Canadian university prior to ad- mission. Private schools operate on tighter budgets than their public counterparts; however, they consistently yield higher academic results. To quote one disenchanted government educator: “It costs more now to amuse a child in school that it did to educate his father”. Private schools do not provide a haven for over- privileged chidren = with behavioural problems. In these difficult economic tumes, the number of ap- plications continues to surpass available openings at all the independent schools in Vancouver. Candidates CONTINUED ON PAGE A8 five will be duly invested by the Lieutenant Governor in Victona ... Tom Symons, exec. officer of the Norvan Power Squadron, is hunting down past commanders of the squadron for its 25th anniversary banquet May 13 If you are — or know of — onc, call Bob Davidson at 929-5924 . Congrats to architects Richard Hulbert of West Van and Brian Halme of North Van, just elected councid members of the Architectural Institute of BC Busy members. right now, of West Vans Community Day Commitice prepanng for the big bash on June 4. are veteran paradc marshal John Pelirson and Darrell Frith who's in charge of the many sports events Also backing up chaumdéna Louls Brymer arc her vag” Barb Mac Dougal with Gloria Tupper (entertainment), Yvonne W vodhouse (childrens activiges! Linda Hampson (arty on crafts: and Joy Simmons (food and dmnk! Ieyoure a lO) grad of Delbrook Senior Sccondary or know of one write Debby Mayne po Bon SOW North Van Vo oT 4b whos holding a d/th year grad reunion June 4 And many happy summers ahead to Mary banc Reld rcuring June from West Van Sccondary after Jo years ip the se lrowol distro t WRIGHT OR WRONG. Wise words from James Kaussetl baowell foot mersvtes Loastmasters Bicssed are they whe have nothing to say and cannot be persuaded t- sary of