My daughter
just finished university. She’s a music teacher. She starts working full time in
the Fall but for May and June she’s picking up experience (and some extra cash)
by working as a substitute teacher in the Winnipeg 1 school division.
Winnipeg 1 is
the largest school division in the city and probably the most challenging. It
includes Winnipeg’s inner city and, if you believe the headlines, the inner
city is not a great place to live or work. Gang violence, murder, drugs…. according
to the papers and TV newscasts, the inner city is one big adventure in taking
your life in your hands.
Could it be
that the news reports tend to focus on the negative and sensationalize the bad
things that happen? Is that possible? They wouldn’t do that, would they? Based
on what I saw yesterday, perhaps we shouldn’t be attaching as much credence to
the headlines as we often do.
