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never too old to get an education. Now,
my sister-in-law, she runs a store in
Surrey. I was telling her the other day
that these days you just gotta have some
schooling. She told me that she had only
grade eight, but when you got grade eight,
you can do anything. I mean, grade two
and grade eight, well there's a big dif-
ference between them. Maybe I was slow,
but I don't think they teach you much in.
grade one and grade two. But grade eight,
that's different. I mean, she can add
and subtract and multiply and divide. I
tell people I got a grade two education,
but when you come down to it, that's
about the same as no education at all."

"I can read a bit, but I want to be able
to do that stuff I told you. Just adding
and subtracting and multiplying and di-
viding. Like I said, if you can do that,
you ain't gonna be any man's fool."

I gave him the information he wanted and
he thanked me and left. After he had gone,
I sat there, suddenly feeling very humble.
IT thought about all the things I had to be
thankful for and how many of them I took
for granted. "If you can add and subtract
and multiply and divide, you ain't gonna
be any man's fool." I could still see the
look in his eyes as he had said that.

"Excuse me"

I came back to earth. ‘There was a young
face staring earnestly at me over the
table.

"Do you have anything to give away?"

"I can give you a smile", I answered. Un-
impressed, the child trotted off to the
next booth, to ask his question again. He
looked as if he might be in grade three
or four.

 

 

PRESIDENT'S REPORT TO THE DOUGLAS
COLLEGE BOARD, MAY 20, 1982

A. External Matters - Municipal

Qn Friday, May 21, I will be attending

a meeting called by the City, at which
time we hope to resolve the financial im
plications of a relocation of Beacon In-
dustries from its present site on Simcoe
Park.

West Graydon, Director of Physical Plant

& Site Services, and I escorted a tour of
members of the Board of Directors of First
Capital City Development Co. around the
new site on Tuesday, May 18.

I had the opportunity of speaking to two
groups during the month on Douglas Col-
lege's present status and future plans -
the Coquitlam Chamber of Commerce, and
the University Women's Club of New West-
minster.

B. External Matters - Education

Mr. G. DellaMattia and I were members of

a Visiting evaluation team at Northwest
College, May 11 to 14. Together with oth-
er members of the administration, and mem
bers of the College Board, I was in at-
tendance at the Third Annual Conference on
Lifelong Learning, and the B.C. Association
of Continuing Education Administrators in
Vancouver. Reports on these conferences
will be forthcoming from members of the
Board.

Together with other members of the admin-
istration, I have had a number of meetings
with Kwantlen College administrators re-
garding faculty redundancy policies,

The Academic Council held a special bud-
get review meeting with the College. Mr.
Trerise represented the Board, and M.H.
Morfey, P. Greenwood, and myself, repre-
sented the College Administration. The
meeting was friendly and helpful. Messrs.
Morfey and Greenwood were able to point
out an anomaly in calculations which will