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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1978
ACCORDING TO THE SCHOOL'S PRINCIPAL, MR. JACK TUCKER, THE GIRLS ARE PUT THROUGH THE SAME STANDARD COURSE AND NO DISTINCTION IS MADE BETWEEN THE IR PHYSICAL ABILITY.
+BRUTE PHYSICAL PROWESS IS NOT IMPORTANT. THE IMPORTANT THING IS ONE'S ATTITUDE OF MIND, AND THAT IS WHAT WE ATTEMPT TO TEACH YOUNG PEOPLE HERE.
+ THE COURSES ARE DESIGNED TO ENABLE THEM TO THINK FOR THEM- SELVES, TO HELP THEM DISCOVER AND DEVELOP THEIR OWN RESOURCEFULNESS, ABILITY AND INITIATIVE, HE SAID.
MR. TUCKER HOPED THAT MORE PHYSICALLY DISABLED PEOPLE WOULD PARTICIPATE IN THE SCHOOL'S ACTIVITIES.
+TOO OFTEN, THE PHYSICALLY DISABLED, THROUGH NO FAULT OF THE IR OWN, TEND TO BE OVER PROTECTED BY THOSE AROUND THEM.
+ I BELIEVE THEY SHOULD BE GIVEN A CHANCE TO DISCOVER THEMSELVES SO AS TO AWAKEN IN THEM AN AWARENESS OF THEIR OWN POTENTIAL, AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO TAKE A SECOND LOOK AT THE WORLD IN WHICH THEY LIVE,+ HE SAID.
IN ADDITION TO ITS REGULAR COURSES, THE OUTWARD BOUND SCHOOL RUNS FREE SPECIAL AND STANDARD COURSES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR FOR PHYSICALLY DISABLED OF ALL AGES. THOSE WISHING TO TAKE PART MAY APPLY THROUGH THE IR ORGANISATIONS OR DIRECT TO THE SCHOOL.
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