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Whatever Happened to Commitment?
There is a great commercial on television right now. It starts with a man driving a car while a voice over narrator speaks. The narrator comments on how we live in an age of instant gratification. He says, “Don’t like your nose? Get a new one,” and it shows an image of the driver with…
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Commonplace Book # 9
“No Authority can impose a ‘truth’ on you in a dogmatic way – and if some authority tries to, you can challenge that truth in a powerful way, by asking what ideology it is based on.” – Bonnycastle, Stephen. In Search of Authority pg 9
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Author Mail
Sharon Creech wrote my all-time favourite book, Heartbeat. Early this year I wrote her a letter to tell her how much I enjoy her work and how successful the novel study went in my class last year. Last week I finally got a response. It was a large letter-sized envelope with HarperCollins Publishers listed as…
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I Love Running
I love running. It is such an amazing feeling to run down a trail and through the woods. I don’t like flat and boring courses. I like runs that give me a bit of a challenge. I like to go to places where there are plenty of trails and hills. I can’t understand why anyone…
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Meaning From and In Books
“Reading books and writing books makes life more meaningful.” So said Elizabeth Hay as she accepted the Giller Prize for Canadian Literature last night. In a great speech, she congratulated everyone who made the short list for the award. She then went on to congratulate everyone who had written a book this year. I immediately…
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Who Thinks This is Funny?
A number of really disturbing incidents have been on the news lately. Some of the coverage has been equally disturbing. I just don’t understand how anyone can think that it is funny or not a big deal. It is a big deal. I am referring to the number of nooses that have been left in…
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Commonplace Book # 8
“Unfortunately ‘the truth’ simply isn’t available. If you are going to live intelligently in the modern world, you have to recognize that there are conflicting ideologies, and that there is no simple direct access to the truth.” – Bonnycastle, Stephen. In Search of Authority pg 8 I have been collecting a lot of passages about…
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Putting the Pieces Together
Hamilton Tiger Cats ended their season this weekend with a win over the Edmonton Eskimos. It was a much-needed win. It shows that the Tiger Cats still have fight in them. It shows that they have come together in a way that will hopefully carry into the next season. The 3 and 15 record isn’t…
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How Do You Know You Are A Teacher?
I got this in my inbox from a fellow teacher this week. It is one of those author-unknown forwards that seem to travel around the earth a few dozen times. I got a bit of a chuckle out of it so I thought I’d post it up and share it. Normally I don’t like the…
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Pop Art
You are looking at my award winning Halloween costume. I went to a party last night where they handed out cash prizes for costumes. I seemed to make quite a stir with my homemade costume. I won for the most original costume and came home with $50.00. It was the first time I ever won…