Who's at School with Your Kids? ELEMENTARY schoolteacher Kenneth DeLuca was every parent's nightmare, a sexual predator on the loose. He attacked little girls in closets, bathrooms and hallways, even in the principal's office. He kissed and fondled them, used filthy language, rubbed against them, put his hands under their clothes and made them touch his genitals. WHEN THE terrified girls resisted, he laughed and told them, "Nobody will believe you." He was right. Dozens of complaints by students and parents made to principals, fellow teachers and school-board officials as early as 1973 were never acted upon. In several instances his victims were forced to apologize to the handsome, charming teacher for hurting his feelings. In a practice known in educational circles as passing the trash, DeLuca was given good references by his employers and moved from school to school, leaving his emotionally wounded victims behind. All were students of the Sault Ste. Marie Roman Catholic Separate School Board, at five different schools.
CANADIANS, by and large, have long believed that if you work hard, success is within your reach. Is that dream still alive? Do Canada's young people still believe in it? To find out, Reader's Digest commissioned CROP, a national research company, to survey 1,003 Canadian teenagers with a battery of questions. We asked the 16-, 17- and 18-year-olds what they value, how they spend their time, how they view family life, work and civic responsibilities, and what they think about Canada and their opportunities. Our survey shows that Canadian teenagers have high hopes for the future. Ninety-three percent of our respondents said they "expect to achieve happiness and prosperity" in their lifetime. |
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