Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - February 3, 1968, Winnipeg, Manitoba 69 .00 per month with no Down payment Toyota Corolla famous its. 951 Portage pm. 774-4481 Winnipeg free press saturday february 3, 1968 s news by Lyn Schankerman and what will you be when you grow up it s an age old cliche used by almost every adult when he Speaks to a child. Eighty nine Grade 6 students packers c from Isaac Brock elementary school faced the questions in the what will you be doing in 20 and. Where did you get the one boy from the Middle academically class answered he would be studying to be a Loyar lawyer because his mom and dad said it of the Best Job s there is work with spelled was the answer from a boy in the upper class _ i it was his own idea boys in three classes plumped for to cameraman marriage counsellor astronaut radio to electronics technician and one has decided to become District manager for his free press delivery route. The old stand Bys girls nursing and teaching were most popular among the upper class but there too the age of technology has filtered into their lives. One girl plans a life at Canadian industries ltd., working with a plastic making machine. Her aunt works for the company. Another in the upper class wants to beat her Mother s score on. The Imbt operator s test. R j. 4 the upper class aimed for jobs requiring Long years of education a fact mentioned by some in discus sing the advantages and Dis advantages of their goals two boys wanted to become teachers As did five girls in the other classes boys and girls spoke of teaching. Girls in the upper class ranged in their ideas from Arch Eulogy and veterinary one girl and one saw themselves Ibik fan it was i Flie academically lower classes where the Chil Dren s View usually seemed less pretentious that greater variety professions were expressed. Usually that is. There was one would Lee girl detective on female breeder i the girls Wasses viewed Haird Festag Steno Graphy clerking and teaching at the lower Levels As within their v among the were a few ads a chemist a scientist was become a University geared boys saw them selves i in the Basic corps of workers often following in a male relative s footsteps. Carpenters welders construction workers mechanics clerks jackets Cooks the nation is lower and Middle classes there was a great interest in professional sports and wrestling where do kids nowadays get Hose crazy idea the question echoes most of All from then families be it father Mother aunt or Uncle. Then from adult images their teachers their father s friends neighbors. No one in the upper class said they got their ideas from books to or Moyies although in the other classes these Media seemed to have a Strong influence. In. The Middle class friends of the same age had stimulated ideas. Girls were usually More impressed by family and adults while the boys tended additionally to Media. Many of the guis got their ideas from experience with hair or children or horses and had chosen their proposed careers accordingly All right so they know what they want to be but have they considered different aspects of the Job. It seems the answer is a definite almost a said they had of careers it had never been broached in any of the classes. In the upper class the girls and boys were about equal in their concern with working hours and pay often the answer to Why was because they like helping others or they Are interested in the subject but the financial Angle came out strongly in the other two classes. The Middle class boys were almost unanimous in their con Cern with receiving a pay Cheque they girls were also interested in the possibilities of fun and friends in their work. The concern with friendships was even More pronounced in the lower class with the boys More interested than the girls. In that class it was the women to be who were More concerned about the Money coming in. It seems these 10-to-12-year old children have their minds mate made up. But among those who stated i will be Weie those who thoughtfully added an alternative of their initial Ideal of themselves when they Aie grown ups. Science teach ing reformer i wants kindergarten Start were Down among the Palm frees of Bermuda Bridge. Attending a regional Bridge tournament at the Bermudian hotel were or. And mrs. Joe Stone or. And mrs. Rube Ludwig or. And was. Alec Tadman All of Winnipeg and or. And mrs. Cordon Walterson of Selkirk. .1 to " Ofaf v by r. J. Anderson Toronto up some school teachers claim that Einstein s theory of relativity can be taught successfully in Grade the proper method is used or. Elizabeth Simendinger does t go that a r but she says science should be taught in kindergarten and continued to the University level she s out to Bung about major re form in science teach ing pro Grams in. North. Schools i in the scientific age ;