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jority of the debate in ” Senate on the exam and ot- her issues. It seemed that most of the senators fail- ed to do their homework. Most of the senators, inc- luding Irene McCardle and Dianne MacDonald (student reps) offered no Opinion on apything, Donft these

people realize they are deliberating on the future of U.P.E.I.? One cannot be

Obviously I hold strong vi- ews on education, based up- on personal experience and observation, and upon see- ing views that I feel are harmful to the future of education I lashed out wi— th passion and conviction. I was, as anyone would see, highly motivated and at

the time that I concluded the letter, I was fairly satisfied with what I had done.

It is ironic, but if I were to submit a critici— sm for an academic course I would have come up with

casual about such things as scholarships, entrance requirements and final ex- ams.

I was also unimpressed with the view of some sen- ators that exams somehow equated with standards. There is absolutely no pr- oof that examinations mean better standards; and to offer such a View is down- right naive! As Carol Ward

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a vastly different and un-

doubtedly superior retort to Prof. Cregier. Knowing that I would be evaluated“ on my criticism I would have done some basic rese— arch. I would have consul- ted the writings of suCh people as B.F. Skinner, Jean Piaget, John Holt,Je— rome Bruner and others, many others. I would have taken time to deliberate the views of these writers such that in the thinking‘ process I might reshape & clarify my own views. Have ing done this over a peri—

The Cadre is pleased to introduce its newctypist & newest staff member — Les- lie Lambie. ‘

Born in Vancouver, Leslie moved to Clarke's Harbour

N.S., when only a year old.

From ther she moved to So- uris where she attended Souris Regional High Scho-

ol before entering U.P.E.I.

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photo by CROMBIE

A sophomore Arts student, Leslie is majoring in Soc-

‘iology after which she plh

ans to go into the field of Public Relations: pre- ferably in B.C. Besides

her involvement with the

Cadre, Leslie is also ac-‘

tive with Drama and the Sociology Club.

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So eloquently stated, sta- ndards have to do with oo- ntent and professors. Ah! maybe a clue is found. ma- ybe the senators who supp- ort final exams are afraid of originality in evaluat- ion techniques. Yaybe~they are hiding their lack of originality and instead want to hide behind the st- andardization.compulsory exams will bring. V

The struggle continuesll

0d of time I would then

-have felt more competent‘

to question Don Cregier's article, My criticism wou— ld take far longer to com— pose and it would make use dd numerous references in support of my arguments.

It would be structured and ,probably well organized.

In return, I would expect a fair evaluation when th- is paper was being graded such that the marker would

make constructive critici—

sms of the paper's weaker

points, and give encourag-

ement for its stronger co—'

ntributions. In the end,

this paper, which would

have been written under the

system that-Mr. Cregier so strongly deplores, would a still show conviction and viewpoint but would also show the signs of signifi-- cant learning and interpr-

etation of Source data.

Let us say, however, that I was writing the same pa- per for a coUrse«that off— ered no grade and in whidh I would evaluate the worth of the paper myself. Franr kly, Mr. Cregier, I'd be tempted to "hand in" my / original letter to the edr itor is even I were so anr bitious to do that. The motivation remains the sa- me in both cases but the incentive of working towa— rd a definite goal, be it artificially set, is the determining factor. Perha-e ps you may scoff at having aimed at a goal that is a arbitrarily and artificia- lly set but again, even throughout life, many of -

/ our goals~in business,soc—

ial service or the profes- sions are artificially set. The above example has on- ly limited use, granted,_. yet just as I know that it is true to my academic ha- bits I feel that it is a truism for students in gen- eral. One might argue that such a paper would be give en in a liberalized systen

_for it assumes.that I have

the choice of topics, that no exam on it is necessar~ ily given and that it cou— ld be independant of lect— ures. Yet it is an assign—

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