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Classroom at home: Sidney Ledson teaches his daughter Jena, 15, at home after removing the girl from Scarborough high school because he felt her education was suffering
Classroom at home: Sidney Ledson teaches his daughter Jena, 15, at home after removing the girl from Scarborough high school because he felt her education was suffering

Classroom at home: Sidney Ledson teaches his daughter Jena, 15, at home after removing the girl from Scarborough high school because he felt her education was suffering

Date1/15/1985
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Object NumberTSPA_0129299F
. . . and away: Sidney Ledson, who claims he can put any child well on the way to reading in just 60 days, uses letter and combinations of letters to help three tiny pupils. Left to right are Michael D'Alessandro, 3, Sarah Jayne Puppi, 2, and Jacqueline Symons, 3. Ledson has written two books on the subject.
. . . and away: Sidney Ledson, who claims he can put any child well on the way to reading in just 60 days, uses letter and combinations of letters to help three tiny pupils. Left to right are Michael D'Alessandro, 3, Sarah Jayne Puppi, 2, and Jacqueline Symons, 3. Ledson has written two books on the subject.
Slaughter, Mike
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Home-grown: Oakville's John Donelian, who teaches a course on perfume at Seneca College, creates, produces and markets his own fragrances.
Home-grown: Oakville's John Donelian, who teaches a course on perfume at Seneca College, creates, produces and markets his own fragrances.
Stuparyk, Michael
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Tremeer: Member of Oshawa's 123-year-old Ontario Regiment teaches music.
Tremeer: Member of Oshawa's 123-year-old Ontario Regiment teaches music.
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Professor Fred DeLory, (above) who teaches civil engineering at University of Toronto, restored 60-year-old steamboat from a Connecticut estate and it now chugs around Toronto harbor, attaining speeds up to 9 m.p.h. It's still unnamed.
Professor Fred DeLory, (above) who teaches civil engineering at University of Toronto, restored 60-year-old steamboat from a Connecticut estate and it now chugs around Toronto harbor, attaining speeds up to 9 m.p.h. It's still unnamed.
Loek, Dick
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He beat the grind: Working by day at a full-time job and taking courses to complete a degree program part-time teaches you to grit your teeth and finish,' says Dennis Rose, general manager of a Weston company
He beat the grind: Working by day at a full-time job and taking courses to complete a degree program part-time teaches you to grit your teeth and finish,' says Dennis Rose, general manager of a Weston company
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Facing the crowd: Communications consultant Antoni Louw teaches public relations executives how to address an audience with confidence.
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Beaty, Keith
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Terry Smith. Teaches for free
Terry Smith. Teaches for free
Ross, Fred
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Not a typical professor, Robert Logan teaches students at his two-hour class at Seed, Toronto's unconventional high school operating from rented rooms in the Young Men's Hebrew Association building on Spadina Ave
Not a typical professor, Robert Logan teaches students at his two-hour class at Seed, Toronto's unconventional high school operating from rented rooms in the Young Men's Hebrew Association building on Spadina Ave
Barkley, Harold
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Everything fits: That's as it should be - Ken Cummings is the teacher and if he can't do it right, everyone's in trouble. Cummings instructs in furniture design at Humber College and teaches his students to strive for a combination of good looks and practicality. Students are quick to pick this up, he says.
Everything fits: That's as it should be - Ken Cummings is the teacher and if he can't do it right, everyone's in trouble. Cummings instructs in furniture design at Humber College and teaches his students to strive for a combination of good looks and practicality. Students are quick to pick this up, he says.
Bull, Ron
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Alfred Luck at the job he's wanted all his life. The former air fordce sergeant and map-maker now teaches small children
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Ross, Fred
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Victor Rodych: He teaches that optimal communication is more important than winning and losing.
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Loek, Dick
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Professor Fred DeLory, (above) who teaches civil engineering at University of Toronto, restored 60-year-old steamboat from a Connecticut estate and it now chugs around Toronto harbor, attaining speeds up to 9 m.p.h. It's still unnamed.
Professor Fred DeLory, (above) who teaches civil engineering at University of Toronto, restored 60-year-old steamboat from a Connecticut estate and it now chugs around Toronto harbor, attaining speeds up to 9 m.p.h. It's still unnamed.
Loek, Dick
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