Aé - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, April 3, 2002 Letters to the editor . Pride at Lakelse High Dear Sir: I pride myself on being a student at Lakelse Junior High. In the past two years I have tried every form of education available to me in Terrace, and have cven left town to pursuc my education at a private school. angels next ta most stu- dents. , You can choose not to listen but those of you who will decide where to pul us need to realize’ you ‘may think you know what we’re like but you haven’t been here, you fiaven’t met us," and you don't know me. And those of you who fear for your children, if you took the time to sce how good it is for the stu- dents, and how good the students really are, you- would: enrol your children before they made it ta grade three. Kim Brown, Bridal & CYLMTY if you are already registered, come in and ad to your existing registry list. There are lots of new items from the Toronto Gift Show! Skéena Mall, Terrace * 1-800-563-4362 So [ think it’s fairly safe Terrace, B.C. to say thal | have a well- informed, unbiased opinion nol only about the- quality of education, but also the students’ behaviour and morals. We are, as I’m sure you've heard, unfairly judged. We are, by far, more dedicated to our edu- cation and staying out of trouble than the majorily of high school students. Fights are few and far belween at Lakelse, skip- ping is unusual and com- ing to school with or on drugs is rare. None of these behaviours are tolerated and hardly ever happen. The students want to be here. We are comparative Fire the minister Dear Sir: 1, unlike Hubert Beyer in a tecent “From the Ca- pital” column, am in com- plete disagreement with Lynn Stephens, Minister of State for Women’s Equal- ity. Statistics Canada has shown an alarming trend toward part-time jobs. Be- tween 1992 and 1996 the Lakelse is not a prison. Con easicenbr ale vibunin abted $e aaa number of part-time jobs in the Canadian economy Green more than doubled and in * 1998 there were more than Apple Juice Seedless jobs crealed cs ting lis] Lore, From concentiare, FIRST Grapes ‘obs. M than 72 ONE. EXTREME SfECIALUIMITONE I d Jobs. More than per PER HOUSEHOLD EFFECTIVE APRIL 4 Mported, cent of part-time workers THRU APREL 6, #02 No. | Grace. are women. Look at the concentra- tion of women Workers in Terrace in the service in- dustry. Overwaitea threa- tened to close their stores in Terrace and Prince Ru- pert unless the union ac- cepled concessions which included the hiring of part- time workers to replace full-time positions. These new part-time jobs which now make up the majorily at the store in Terrace provide workers with no health and pension benefits. Lynn Stephens has done a disservice to women by pretending the issue of equality is an issue of women’s lifestyle choices. 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