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If yo were to ever add together all of ttie years that the staff of C.C.I. have een in the teaching profession, yo would come up with a figure of over a 1000 years! Furthermore, did you ealize that if you ever totalled the number of years that our teachers hav spent going to university or college, the sum would be over 500 year ! That's a lot of time spent hitting the books - to quote Mr. Cook, "That takes us back to the dinosaur age when you discuss amounts like that!"
Don't for a moment think that once a teacher has a degree and
secures a teaching position that he can say good-bye to studying. Each year, throughout the school year and summer, a vast number of C.C.I. staff can be found on campuses enrolled in a variety of courses all for the sole purpose of improving their teaching for you, the student. For example, last summer Mrs. Stoutenburg sweated out the summer at U.
T oronto studying co-op education. Once a week throughout t fall and s ing, Mr. J. Moor would hop in his car right after hool and drive down t Toront to further develop his sk lis in woodworking.
This coming summer, Mr. Vandeweerdho will be earning 2 additional uni'V'ersity credits by par- ticipating i an archeological dig.
What is even more notable is that s many staff take courses that ren't even in their area of te ching -just for the sake of learn-
ing! Mr. Fischer should rightly be called Dr. Fischer as he has a doc- torate degree in biology. Mr. Nell is a qualified pilot. Mr. Rhodes, Miss Stukas and Mr . Haiduk are cer- tified ski instructors. As well, Mr. Martin and Mr. Kilgour are power squadron instructors. Our own Mr. Knox has participated in the
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