THE CADRE; TUES., Nov. 13, ‘1973; 
     
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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 
     
    
   
   
    
     T’D 
     
    
   
   
    
        
     
    
   
   
    
     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— 
     
    
   
   
    
     con’t ng