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of after-school activities. Tl}is eXchange of \, iews was, as one might anticipate, interesting and illLiminaiing Middles ex School. o1'iginally founded to prepare boys for colleoe an <1 TITe world heyoncl, is ITow co-educaiional, wit!\ 270

who will survive are those who learn to adapt. Adapmbility is closely alliecl to creativity which. in turn. is associatecl with solitude, and is essential to reform. Tllerefore. any system can be changed by foctising on the cieative inclivicl\Iai whose personal vision is the basis of SI)alecl vision element in constrLicri\, e change. He implies and, together willT 11}oral purpose. is a IC^ *:,,\, 114 ':1p inn I\ Ivj Lit 1111 If, is SUP:: ^:^;;.,* L an CG of ideas engenders CGI\formity *,, , A ^

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in a culturalIy diverse society. govern- merit can no longer assume it ITas all the tight answers. and so cannot clictate ITToral purpose or SOCietal altitudes. At best, legis- kirion is a guide. because change is a journey. not a blueprint, wliile 11Toral pui'- pose is not a map but a compass. Above all the 11Tove 5110uld be to rec, ,it"re, rather than ,. estr"ct"re As this sample of ideas will indicate, the Conference probed contemporary cdLica- lional and SOCietal problems in deptl}. an <1 did nor shrink froiTT controversy, provoking stimtilating discussion and debate After the conference. Ivliss Williams and I proceeded 10 Boston and thence to Con-

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cord. New Enuland, where we \, islied two schools. Tlie first was a representative local ITiglT school, OUT \, is it it aving been oroanised by Mrs Meg A, IOUlton a parent of the school. and Executive Director of the National Consortium of Girls' Schools.

boarciers an <190 clay siticlents. in Their' four to six years at this school, stLtdents <10 not concentrate only an academic subjects, but also ticqLiire a variety of practical skills. like wood carving, basic nTechanics and the Lise of a printing press. Principal

Deidi'e Lino has preserve <1 the Tradition v. 'I}erel)y eacl\ senior 51tident carves a PIaque to be ITTounied on the walls of the school A \-a\. flexible curriculum at Ajicldlescx School allows senior students to a-o11< on or off campLis on projects of their own design, often liddressing community welfare con- CGrns. for example working as a teacher's aide in an elementary, school. or assisting a psychiatric counsellor at a ITospital. A In ore academic project produced it design for a tutorial in native American ITistory, while on a witler scale the school was involvecl in witlT three o1hei' schools cooperation wherebv 51Lidents froiiT nil four schools \\'ere offered a course o1\ ITistoiical periods or issues runght in seminar style by a master teaclter froitTone o111Tc participating schools The Principal of this exciting school is interestcclin <1evcloping an association \\, ith BGGS 111ro\Igl, SILidcni tincl staff excltange <1eveloping a social science consortiLini in ,

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WITicli is centred in Concord. M^S Nioulten wits in\, ited To attend the Conference on Sinolc Sex Education in Sydne\, in Septcinbcr at whicl} she was a key-note speaker. Unfortunately. our \-isit to Concord was necessarily brief but we did itTeei some of the staff, and spoke willT students \\, 110 were in\, o1ved in a \, anet\,

Froii\ Boston. I went on to Toronto. Canada. w^Tetc I spoke willt Brian Smith of the Toronto Boarcl of General Education Hat\, ing taught at Geelong Grai\TitTar Sc1\o01 for some years, Nit Sinitli was in a position to compare the Canadian experience \\. illT the Australian. For example will\ a 50% drop- out rate

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