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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…
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Happy Halloween!
This is a painting that our class made together. We hope that you all have a safe and Happy Hallloween!
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Commonplace Book # 7
“All kinds of prison, and I’m stuck in the worst: the prison of doubt” – Twice in a Lifetime. TV episode. Twice in a Lifetime is a hard show to explain. It is a feel-good show that gives people a second chance at their life. A character dies at the start of every episode and…
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Canadian T.V. is not an Oxymoron!
I know many people who dismiss any television show simply because it is a Canadian production. These people will make negatives comments and say that a show sucks even without seeing a single moment of it. I can’t really understand this way of thinking. Canadians have just as much talent as Americans. We have had…
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Hip Hop in Final Jeopardy
The night before last, I was watching Jeopardy as I often do. The Final Jeopardy category was sports documentaries. The clue said something to the effect that “He was cited as creating “rap” in the 1960s in an ESPN documentary .” Huh? What? I know the history of hip hop and I know where it…