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Welcome to the sounding board for Chase March. Here you will find my various articles about a variety of topics (DJ Events and news, book reviews, skatepark tours, teaching-related articles and resources, and much more)
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Evil, evil bottled water
Head on over to Beautiful Day Rule and read Karen’s excellent post on the cost of consuming bottled water. It is a great entry and definitely gives you some food for thought.
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Anonymous Friends
I have had some great friendships over the years. Sooner or later though, life seems to get in the way of friendship. A job offer takes a friend off to a far away city or province. Another friend gets married and moves to his wife’s hometown. Friends start to have other commitments and obligations and…
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Seriously Addicted
It was a long weekend, Thanksgiving up here in Canada. It came at a good time too. I have been battling a cold all week so I took the long weekend to recuperate. I watched football, read, and just took it easy all weekend. I drank lots and lots of orange juice too. It seems…
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Commonplace Book # 5
“The palest ink is better than the best memory.” – Chinese proverb I love this quote. It was in a fortune cookie that I received.
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Where are the Parents?
It’s a huge responsibility teaching the youth, and one that I don’t take lightly. I spend a lot of my own time and money on the classroom. I choose to do that. I try my best to reach every student in a meaningful and positive way. However, I can’t do this job on my own.…
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Live Like You are Being Taped
Imagine that what you are doing right now is being monitored in some way. Perhaps your keystrokes are recorded on your work computer. Maybe a recording device is spying on you right now. Perhaps everything you are doing is being recorded on a video or audiotape of some kind. It’s not too hard to imagine…
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Commonplace Book # 4
“If you don’t look, you find.” – When Harry Met Sally. DVD commentary to the film. How many times have you searched and searched for something, whether it be tangible or merely an idea or solution to a problem that has plagued you? You can bang your head against the wall for hours trying to…
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Switch and Adapt
Every new school year brings forth a new crop of students. It is amazing how the climate of the classroom changes with this seemingly small change. You can have; the same staff in the school, the same classroom, the same resources, the same timetable, and things are different just because of the mix of students…
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Recommended Reads # 3
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King This book is part autobiography part writing manual. It is an excellent read for anyone who anyone who writes. King shares his story and advice on how to write. He examines many aspects of writing that he finds essential to the craft. I learned a…
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Bloggers Against Abuse
I got an email notifying me of this campaign and I decided that it was something that I wanted to be a part of. There are thousands, if not millions of blogs out there. What if we all stood together and spoke up about abuse? Maybe just maybe, we could make a difference. Today is…