STUDENTS DEBATE REFORM -Mike Eagen
						Chevron staff
	About 150 highschool students 		A teacher replied, "If students
and a scattering of teachers and 		were educated in a system-which
university students met Wednesday 		gave them more responsibility,
in the campus center to discuss 		they would have the maturity to
issues raised in a highschool sup- 		make decisions on matters of cur-
plement to the Ontarion, the Un- 		riculum and teaching methods."
iversity of Gueeph newspaper. The
supplement was distributed to local 		Iler claimed that if students
high school students last Friday. 		pressed for more independence,
It attacked the present education 		they would eventually get it. He
system and advocated that students 		cited the Federation of Students
have more to say in their ed-			as an example.
ucatio.
							Many university students said
The ladies and escorts lounge			the highschool curriculum was too
was filled for the meeting and the 		rigid. However, these claims were
discussion encompassed many aspects 		contradicted by high school stu-
of the problem. The organizers 			dents. A student repeating grade
said their purpose in calling the 		11 stated, "Last year I had to
meeting was to try to help high- 		take courses I didn't like, but
school students. 				this year all I have to take is
						English and phys-ed."
	Some students wanted to know
what the university students in- 			Another teacher said, "Students
tended to do. Specific reference 		shouldn't look to the front of the
was made to the use of violence. 		room 	for truth. Teacher's aren't
They said nothing could be accom- 		gods."
plished by violence.
								Many questions about an ed-
	Federation president Brian Iler 	ucational system based on the in-
assured them university students 		dividual were raised. One student
were no more interested in using 		wondered what would happen to the
violence than they were. Iler at- 		introvert, if his success was to
tacked the news media for exagger- 		be based completely on his own
ating remarks made by student lead- 		efforts.
ers concerning violence. He made
specific reference to the often 			In answer it was said there
misquoted speech of Peter Warrian, 		would probably be fewer intro-
president of the Canadian Union of 		verts. Another question posed
Students, and to statements made by 		was, "How will people learn self-
Columbia University students this 		discipline if they aren't taught
summer. 					to do things they don't like in
						highschool."
	Many highschool students said
there is not much use in students 			In reply, a student said there
trying to change the system since 		are many other ways to learn self-
educators are already changing it. 		discipline, other than a rigid
These students contenced students 		curriculum.
are not mature enough to have a say
in their educational system. One 			One thing discussed a great
stueent said, "Student councils deal 		was the appearance of four-
should have complete control of the 		letter words in the supplement
organization of social activities, 		distributed in the highschools.
but teaching methods should be left 		The words 'appeared in a quotation
to the teachers. 				from a student of Waterloo Coll-
						egiate Institute and in the Stu-