(Photo `03) A. L.(Alexander Leslie) FORTUNE (Built in 1912) Where I attended Grade XII
Originally it had a cupola and bell tower, to the left a newer (`61) addition of classrooms.
This is, as near as I can remember, an accurate list & description of the 26 courses I have taken to enhance my education.
ABBREVIATIONS USED ON THIS PAGE
Abbreviations for Canadian provinces: Alta, Alberta; B. C., British Columbia; Man., Manitoba; Ont., Ontario
CAHA – Canadian Amateur Hockey Association
CCC – City Center Campus
CPR – Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation
DGC – Dangerous Goods Certificate
DJ – Disc Jockey
ED - 25 educational courses I have taken since leaving school.
NCCP – National Coaches Certification Program
R. C. M. P. – Raw Carrots and Mashed Potatoes (Royal Canadian Mounted Police)
UBC – University of British Columbia
VCC – Vancouver Community College
VVI – Vancouver Vocational Institute
WHIMIS – Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System
1952 Edmonton, Alta. Bennett Elementary 9703 94St. Now (`4 Aug.) Bennett Evironmental Education Center. (For Photo see Mill Creek)
1953 - 55 Edmonton, Alta. King Edward 8530 101 St. (For Photo see Strathcona)
1956 Sicamous
Two Room Wooden School Grades 1 - 4 in one room and Grades 5 - 8 in the other.
My first acting part, Bottom, and Punch, in (William Shakespeare's play) `A Midsummer Night's Dream'.
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Me in Grade 4 (5th from right, center row).
1957 Edmonton,
Alta. Mount Royal 11303 55 St. (For Photo see Highlands)
1958 Edmonton, Alta. Oliver 10227 118 St. (For Photo see Oliver)
1957 - 61 Gleichen,
Alta.
According to the Alberta Provincial Archives I attended Gleichen School from `57 - `58 and from `58 - `59 for Grade 7, then `59 - `60 for Grade 8, and `60 - `61 for Grade 9.
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Me in Grade 6 (Far right, top). Teacher - Mrs. Ann Sherback
This differs with my recollection as I don't recall ever having taken the same, elementary, grade two years in a row and I was pretty sure that the Gleichen School only went to Grade 8.
(Top Row) (L- R) Jonny Ostrom, Harold Blumontrough, Georgian Duncan, Francis Jensen, Bonnie Murray, Janie Carson, Erma Huntre, Bruce Mullen, Doug Bogsty
1961 Enderby,
B. C. Sept. 5. A.
L. Fortune
Because my courses in Alberta were more advanced than those in B. C., I skipped grade 9 and went into grade 10. However my courses in Alberta weren't that advanced and I flunked grade 10. I had to take it over again in 62. I quit in Feb. of `64 without completing 11 or 12. Actually my records only show that I completed 9, with the odd course in 10 and 11. For Photo see the top of this page)
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EDU-22 TRAINING I HAVE ATTENDED, SINCE LEAVING HIGH SCHOOL
1965
When I went to Edmonton, filled with the dreams of being a DJ, I took a correspondence course, through the National Institute of Broadcasting, but it never got me a job.
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1967
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Img EDU-2 I had planned to follow my sister’s boy friend to Powell River and get a job as a welder in the construction of the new pulp mill but I had to apprentice as a labourer for 2 years.
I applied at a few
shops in Vancouver but no one needed an apprentice at that time.
1st
marriage
1972
This was a six week
course, held in the high school in Lumby, B. C. Two
nights a week for two hours per night.
We learned the various
types of valves used in the air system on a truck, their functions and
applications.
One had to have a
photographic memory to pass this course.
The exam consisted
of 25 questions that had to be written out in the same words as those
used in
the manual.
I failed the exam
but a paper stating that I had attended the course was sufficient to
get an air
endorsement on my drivers license.
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1974
This
was a two night
course held at the Jeune Landing logging camp.
We had 2 hours of
lecture one night.
The second night we
had a ˝ hour of lecture, ˝ hour of movie, and then an exam.
The exam was 25
questions with 3 possible answers. (Commonly called multiple guess
exam.)
I aced the exam with
0 wrong.
Those who failed
were allowed, after a short review, to rewrite.
One fellow still
failed. He was given a short review and
allowed to rewrite.
He still failed.
Each rewrite was
using the original exam so he could see which ones he had to redo and
the wrong
answers were already marked wrong.
Duuhh.
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2nd
marriage
1978
Wow,
it has been so
long, I barely remember this. NCCP is a program for teaching people how
to be a
coach, in almost every sport.
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Under
the auspices
of the CAHA, I studied to be an assistant hockey coach.
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I
trained to upgrade
from a level II hockey coach.
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I
took a
correspondence course through the provincial school board. I studied
the
Electrical code of Canada and the Electrical code of B. C.
The course covered
residential wiring.
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1983
ED-9 Cow Mountain School of Fine arts, an outreach
of the
Emily Carr Institute. Photographic
composition
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ED-9 I
took a one week
course in Wells, B. C. learning about photography. We used black and
white
slide film because it was quick and easy to develop so we could see
what we had
shot and dissect our shooting.
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1984
ED-10 Cow Mountain School of Fine arts, an outreach
of the
Emily Carr Institute. Colour Darkroom
Img ED-10 I took a one week course in
Wells, B. C. studying colour
photography and processing. It turned out that I was more advance than
my
teacher and was teaching him some new ideas.
1985 ED-11 - Criminology Department of Attorney
General
This
was a
correspondence course through the ministry of the Attorney General in
Victoria
with classes held by the R. C. M. P. in the police station in Prince
George.
It was a one year
course and covered the, at that time, new Criminal Code of Canada,
provincial
statutes, and municipal bylaws.
At the completion of
the course we were sworn in by the Attorney General as provincial peace
officers under the Provincial Police Act.
This meant that we
were peace officers, at any time of night or day, under the authority
of the
provincial government, and had jurisdiction anywhere within the
province.
We were also federal
police officers when we under the direction of a member of the R. C. M.
P.
There was a movement
afoot, at that time, amongst the provincial government, to cancel the
services
of the R. C. M. P. and start a provincial police force.
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ED-12 - St. John Ambulance Safety Oriented First Aid &
CPR
Through
the R. C. M.
P. I took basic first aid, the ABCs of first aid, and studied CPR.
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At
the police
station we were trained how to hold a person, position a person, and
apply
handcuffs to their wrists.
The
R. C. M. P.
baton is probably the most effective weapon a police officer can carry.
It doesn’t have the
persuasion, or intimidation, of a pistol but it can quickly subdue a
much
larger opponent without using deadly force.
We
were issued brand
new Smith & Wesson, 38 caliber, Police Special revolvers and taught
how to
clean, maintain, aim, and fire.
The police special
has a barrel that is ˝ longer than that sold to the public. This
results in a
slightly more powerful muzzle velocity. (Or something like that.)
At a provincial
competition, I placed 16th in each, of two separate categories.
ED-16 - B. C. Hydro, Electrical Hazards
In
a classroom at B
C. Hydro we were shown an industrial film that told of the dangers of
electricity, how, not to, handle it and how to help someone who is
trapped or
injured.
1987
Trimac
and its
subsidiary H. R. Trimble are bulk goods carriers. As
such they carry large containers with dangerous products.
The driver of the
truck must know what the product is that he is carrying, its potential
hazard,
and who to call in the case of a spill.
Dangerous goods is
an open book exam. I was given a half hour to study the book, then I
was shown
a short movie, followed by a half hour to write a 25 question, multiple
guess,
exam.
1989 ED-18 – VCC
Basic
Electronics - Aug - 90 Mar.
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I
was sponsored for
this course by Canada Manpower.
To become sponsored
I had lined up a job with AT&T.
Upon completion of
the course I would be flown to various industrial sights to repair
their
computer systems.
This was a 6 month,
full time, day, course that taught us everything about diodes,
transistors,
batteries, wiring, etc.
By the time I had
completed this portion of the course, computers had advanced so rapidly
that I
no longer had a job waiting for me.
There was no longer
a need to hand wire chips. Circuit
boards were so common, and cheap, that they could be easily discarded
and replaced.
1990
ED-19 - VCC Electronics
Technician, Computer - Apr. – Oct.
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ED-19 In
this part of the
course we were taught how to design and build a circuit board, design
and build
a computer. How to write and test a
computer program.
During this course I
started looking for and found a job.
When I completed my second practicum I only need to attend one
more week
of class and the by returning to the company where I had had my second
practicum I jumped over my last month of class and received automatic
graduation.
3rd marriage 1995 This
is a one year
correspondence course. It was
supplemented by evening classes in the offices of Realty World, where I
had
found employment, provided I passed my exam.
There were over 900
people writing the exam. We had to get
over 60%. I got 63%.
I was average, of
those who passed.
Over half the class
failed.
4th marriage
ED-21 - WR12
Correspondence English Lit. 12
Basically
I wanted
to learn when a person should use; or , or : so I took a correspondence
course
which is the grade 12 English course.
After some weird
markings by my examiner I wrote a letter to the minister of education
who
simply sloughed me off by telling me that the correspondence courses
were
through a private company and not under their jurisdiction.
I tried to complain
to the supervisor at the correspondence branch but was told that I was
just an
uneducated student and how could I possibly know more than the teacher.
I finally threw the
course in the garbage as there were too many mistakes in the manual.
I can only assume
that whoever wrote the manual never completed English in a Canadian
high
school.
Teamsters
155 is not
a company and does not hire drivers.
Teamsters 155
dispatches drivers to film companies to move the camera trucks and the
special
effects trucks. These vehicles often carry containers of compressed
gasses.
Dangerous goods is
an open book exam. I was given a half hour to study the book, then a
half hour
to write a 25 question, multiple guess, exam.
The driver of the
truck must know what the product is that he is carrying, its potential
hazard,
and who to call in the case of a spill.
Teamsters
31 is not
a company and does not hire drivers.
Teamsters 31
dispatches drivers to companies to move trucks. Usually the kind that
carry
general freight.
General freight
encompasses all sizes of packages and will often include packages or containers of: compressed gasses; liquid
detergents
oil based products; acids; and other potentially hazardous products.
These products are
usually in small quantities and often a truck will contain several
types of
products.
To cover this
eventuality the truck will bear a placard that says `DANGER’ and the
driver
must have paper work in the cab showing what those dangers are.
Dangerous goods is
an open book exam. I was given a half hour to study the book, then a
half hour
to write a 25 question, multiple guess, exam.
The driver of the
truck must know what the product is that he is carrying, its potential
hazard,
and who to call in the case of a spill.
Under the new
regulations the driver must take an exam, and hold a ticket for, every
company
he drives for.
2000
Teamsters
155
arranged for me to attend a one day training seminar on the safe
operation of
scissor lifts and Genie booms.
This was a class
room lecture followed by field training on overhead lifts rented by
Hertz
Equipment Rental in Port Kells, B. C.
ED-23 - Hunter Industries Fork Lift Operator
Teamsters
155
arranged for me to attend a one day training seminar on the safe
operation of
lift trucks.
This was a class
room lecture followed by field training on forklifts rented by Hunter
Industries in Port Kells, B. C.
2002
ED-24 - Douglas College 700 Royal Ave.
- B. C. Film Industry Orientation Course
A-34 Vancouver, B. C. 619 26 Ave. E.
As
a prerequisite for becoming a member of any of the unions involved in the film industry in Vancouver a person must attend a film industry orientation course.
This course is a 2 Saturday affair that costs $125 and tells you, virtually nothing, if you have any experience in the film industry.
However, for a novice it may be somewhat enlightening.
The
film orientation
course, on its last day, includes the work hazard course that is now
required
by most companies.
2003
Dangerous Goods is an open book exam. I was given a half hour to study the book, then a half hour to write a 25 question, multiple guess, exam.
Under the new regulations drivers must renew their DGC every two years.
The new regulations, as proposed by the Canadian Government, set out a newer system of placarding that is to be followed by all countries in the world.
However the Canadian Government itself fails to follow the new guidelines.
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ED-26 - Elections Canada DRO Temporarily rented office space, second floor, 5172 Kingsway.
The Deputy Returnig Officer is the person who gives you your ballot when you go to vote.
I was given a two hour couse on Wed. evening (Jan. 18), for which I was paid, and then asked to stand by on the morning of Mon. Jan. 23 in case one of the DRO s failed to show up at the polls.
I waited from 4 AM TO 11 AM but no one called.
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2007 - 2008
ED-27 - A friend of mine is making money at home doing part time bookkeeping. As I am good with math I thought I would give it a whirl, so, I enrolled in a bookkeeping course (Correspondence).
Sept. The school suggested I take; Communications 12, Accounting 11, and CAPPA 12.
After completing theses course in Jan. the school suggested I take; Accounting 12, Entrepreneurship 12, and English 12.
Upon completion of those courses I would have qualified for my grade 12.
To this point I had only completed grade 9, though I had been in grade 12 when I quit school.
In June I completed my last exercise with such high marks I didn't need to write the final exams.
After 43 years, I graduated grade 12.
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Me in Grade 8 `59 - `60 (3rd from right, second row from top). Teacher - Mr. Pettifer
(2nd. Row) (L- R) Duane Vollman, Bob Gibson, Raymond Schmidt, Rosi Schwear, Bev Moor, Larry Popoff, Francis McHugh, Doug Gleddie, Leonard Barstad, Bear, Ronnie Bouchard, Bruce Walker
(3rd. Row) (L- R) Connie Johnson, Lynn Grant, Pat Fiddes, Louise Murray, Jaculene Minks, Diane Blaney, Heather Holland, Kay Kilcup,
(Bottom Row) (L- R) Terry towers, Herdie Brown, Donnie Towers, Chris Plante, Clayton Bogsty
Me getting make-up for a
school play (Far right). Make-up Artist, Bonnie Melin
(Photo `04)
Vancouver Vocational Institute, night school, five nights a week for 2 months to learn how to cut and weld with acetylene, and arc, welding equipment.
Still life,
`Photo Gear’.
Instructor, on left, I
believe his name
is
C.,
and fellow classmates, me in
the middle.
VCC -CCC
(Vancouver Community College - City Center Campus)
FORMERLY VVI (Vancouver
Vocational Institute) Corner of
Dunsmuir and Hamilton.
Classmates &
instructor
Final
project,
design, & build, the computer,
and write the software to control
this robot
1999
(Photo Feb. `06) One of the lower rooms, in the South wing.
Vanderhoof, B. C.
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