i B8 CASTLEGAR NEWS, October 28, 1981 Multiculturalism Must be community based Art in a Home i classroom? What is more, the students in an art class busy cooking food! Impossible, you say. Not if, you're in Mary Schumacher's art class. That's what 15 teachers found out on Friday morning when they joined the work- shop on “An Ethnographic Approach to the Teaching of Art”, conducted by Mrs. Schumacher, a New West- minster y school teacher invited by School District No. 9 (Castlegar) and the B.C. Teachers’ Feder- ation to share her techniques with colleagues in the West Kootenays; The art workshop was only one of 27 offeri: ded schools that shows the insti- tution as a place “that loves children and respects diver- sity”. Ms. Ashworth, stressing that 1 can come together to share their if in multi- Disability not related to IQ HALIFAX (CP) — Eight- year-old Michael is a grade 2 student with an IQ of 129 and unable to write his name. Statistically, he is a prime cultural education says some- thing for the interest in this most exciting of teaching ies,” must be community based, also urged citizens to take at a Conference on Multi- culturalism in Schools, held at Stanley Humphries Secon- dary School in Castlegar, Oct. 23. : |Help your carrier Your Castlegar News carrier will be collecting for the per during the next jew days. The job of your carrier is made easier if he or she doesn't have to make a second or even a third call, Please consider your carrier. He or she is an independent business person and they don’t earn their rofit until you've paid lor your paper. That's why they'll appreciate Particip: in the art workshop learned that art is asynth the and promote multicultural activities. “Mul- ticulturalism is not only something we do to and for other people; it also is some- thing we do to and for ourselves. It is just another way of saying love your is of many activiti in a culture: the cooking of food, people's dress, homes, and play activities all reveal patterns which a perceptive viewer can identify. The challenge for teachers ’is to draw on the rich resources of the community and learn to understand a cultural group through its art. On opening night, Thur- sday, at the Brillisnt Cultural Centre, 800 delegates and guests had heard a ringing call from Professor Mary Ashworth of the University of British Columbia to de- as yourself,” de- ‘elared Ms. Ashworth. ~ Mike Lauriente, director of instruction for School Dis- trict No. 9 and convenor of the conference, expressed delight at the turn-out. “That 240 teachers from all over the Kootenays and the Okanagan Laur- iente. Speaking on behalf of the B.C. Teachers’ Federation, Ed May, coordinator of Multicultural Programs, praised the organization that went into the conference. “As I visited each workshop,” said May, “I sensed a strong desire amongst participants to build cross-cultural links and celebrate the rich diver- sity of our Canadian mosiac.” The conference concluded on Friday night with a ban- quet, at which’ the guest speaker was Dr. Nick Ard- anaz, Director of Multicultur- alism, ministry of education. to become a juv- enile delinquent. Born with a learning dis- ability — a perceptual or co- ordinative disorder unrelated to intelligence — Michael is prevented or inhibited from learning certain basic func- tions. His mother, Cindy Low of Wolfville, N.S., says she felt something was wrong with her son when, at nine months old, he was unable to learn to feed himself. She sought help from nu- merous sources before iden- ,tifying Michael's problem. Now she hopes others can be made to understand the problem, which affects one of every five children. Low said in an interview that teachers and i must be taught to under- stand the problems of chil- dren with learning disabil- ities. They would then be able to teach the child in a manner he or she could com- prehend. Michael, for instance, was unable to write his name, but displays no problem reading or spelling it. ° Brian Bailey, a. criminal lawyer with Nova Scotia legal aid, said Michael's prob- lem is common since most children with learning disa- bilities can grasp many basic functions. Others, commonly including reading and writ- ing, they cannot master, PERCENTAGE HIGH Bailey said that learning will become juvenile delin- quents. These children are “not committed to a life of crime,” Bailey said. “They're acting on their frustrations.” He said parents must get to understand their child's learning disability and teach him or her how to live with the problem or be faced with a problem child. In additon to guidance from the parents, Low said children with learning dis- abilities need extra help in the classroom, but school boards are often short of funds. “I'm always told how they'd like to help but they can't afford it,” she said. Low and Bailey agree that P: econ- omic problems because of the heavy ‘burden placed on courts and the penal system by affected children, 75 per cent of whom show an individual with a learning disability does not stop pro- gressing in adulthood and help should be provided for people of all ages suffering the disorder. Millie Aisthorpe, a volun- teer with a non-profit organ- ization that promotes public . éducation on learning dis- abilities, gives the example of a 66-year-old man who was helped after someone re- alized he was suffering a learning disability. “It was like a whole new life for him,” Aisthorpe said. “sy just have a tremendous feeling for the potential of these people, with the right kind of counselling and gui- dance.” NOT ENOUGH ROOM There are about 650 colleges and universities in China, yet only about four per cent of high school graduates can be accommo- dated each year. SNAKE WON'T SHATTER The glass snake was so named because people once: believed it would shatter if attacked; it actually tends to shed its skin when grabbed. it if you're ready the first time they call velop an atmosphere in / Ann Landers = y Dear Ann ‘Landers: | have never written to you before, but | believe the following might interest you and your readers. | found it in an old magazine. No author's name was mentioned, just “A Heavy-Hearted Observer". “Yesterday was an oid man's Bisthdoy: He was 91. He awakened earlier than usual, bathed, shaved and t on his best clothes. Surely they would come today, e thought. “He didn't take his daily walk to the gas station to visit the old-ti of the t he wan- ted to be right there when they came. “He sat on the front porch with a clear view of the road so he could see them coming. Surely they would come today. “He decided to skip his noon nap because he wan- to be up when they came. “te has six children. “Two of his daughters and their married children live within four miles. They hadn't been to see him for such a long time. But today was his birthday. Surely they would come today. “At suppertime he refused to cut the cake and asked that the ice cream be left in the freezer. He wan- ted to wait and have dessert with THEM when they me. “About 9 o'clock he went to his room and got ready for bed. He last words before turning out the lights were, ‘Promise to wake me when they come’. “It was his birthday and he was 91.” — From A Friend In Florida. : Dear Friend: | don’t often puddle up when | read letters, but this one did it. Thank you for sharing. Dear Ann Landers: Rick and | are in love. | always wanted to have a church wedding. with my family and friends present, my sisters as bridesmaids and my favority uncle, who is a priest, conducting the service. Rick says |ama childish romantic — that weddings are a g lo the He tnuists a priest's words are no holier that a ribbon clerk’ 3. Rick wants to drive to the forest preserve, find o quiet knoll and ask God to marry us. He says if we FEEL married in our hearts, cur union is sanctified in the eyes of the Lord. When he talks to me it sounds sensible, but when I am alone, especially when | go to mass, I think there is something wrong with his concept. Please help me straighten out my head? — Ella In Greenwich. Dear Ella: After you “marry yourselves” what do you plan to do if you become pregnant? Whose name will the child have? The ribbon clerk's, maybe? Rick sounds like a slick operator who wants the pleasure of marriage but none of the responsibilities. | say beware, Babe. Dear Ann Landers: For the woman who found it impossible to keep her house in order, here is a won- derful tip | learned many years ago. It worked for me and it might work for her. Please ask the typesetters to print it in large type: DON'T PUT IT DOWN PUT IT AWAY. I'm signing this — Everyth Midland, Mich. Dear Everything: | wish | could say the same. for Chicago. My desk drawers are @ mess. Tomorrow | am going to get organized. 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