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Ecophobia – We Are All Doomed!
I came across the term “ecophobia” recently while reading an article about “green classrooms.” Now being green is the politically correct thing to do. I have nothing against conserving and being respectful to the planet. I have done so since I was a child. I have always recycled. I don’t litter. I don’t waste water.…
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Destroying Our Sense of Closure
Why do Networks do this? Why do they destroy our sense of closure? I quite frankly have had enough of this! I enjoy watching television. I need it some nights. After a long day of work, I like to come home, lie down on the couch and relax. I love watching hour-long drama series and…
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Musical Triumph
Last night was the annual Christmas concert at my school. It was amazing. After a month and a half of struggles, trials, and tribulations, it seems that all our hard work paid off. We combined the Grade 3 and 4 classes this year to do one song. We sang “Up on a Housetop” but we…
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Secret Santa Doesn’t Work!
I can appreciate the thought behind Secret Santa gift exchange. Names are picked randomly and anonymously from a hat. Participants then buy a gift under $15 for the person they picked. The gifts are to be signed from “Secret Santa.” I have had a few bad experiences with Secret Santa. I remember when I was…
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Blog Entries on Google
I shocked myself today as I did some research online. I was trying to see if there were any websites that were dedicated to quotes from rap songs. I was researching my idea about publishing my commonplace book in a blog. I have wanted to find a good way to organize the quotations I have…
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Commonplace Book # 13
“But it must be said from the outset that a disease is never a mere loss or excess – that there is always a reaction, on the part of the affected organism or individual, to restore, to replace, to compensate for and to preserve its identity, however strange the means may be . . .…
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Inner City Visions
I caught a show this weekend called Make Some Noise. It was an amazing show about young Canadians who have done some extraordinary things to make a difference in the world. I saw an inspiring segment about a young man who started up a recreation centre. He had a unique vision and appropriately named the…
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Recommended Reads # 5
Watchmen by Allan Moore and Dave Gibbons This book is a classic in all rights. It has won a Hugo Award. It has had a huge influence on books that came after it. It is in many people’s top ten lists. And lastly, like all classic literature these days, it is being turned into a…
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Classroom Economy
I thought I’d take my classroom economy one step further. I was really happy with how it had turned out so far, and it seemed to be a good lesson in responsibility. This time, I would sustain it for a month and make it a class challenge. I gave each student in my class $20…
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A Lesson in Responsibility
It started out simply enough. I wanted to give the students in my class a genuine experience working and dealing with money. It is a very practical application of math and the work that we need to do in class. So my idea, was to give each child $5.00 of play money. They really seemed…