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Test the Nation
Last night, I was one of many Canadians to take part in the largest interactive language test ever in the country. It was shown on the CBC and viewers could take the test with pencil and paper, a scorecard out of the newspaper, or live online. I watched the show with a teacher friend of […]
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Free Preview
I was flicking through the television stations aimlessly the other day. Nothing was on. I searched in vain to find something worth watching. It’s been a tiring week and I needed to just kick back and relax, but nothing was on. As I channel surfed, I noticed that I seemed to get a few channels […]
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Fan Fiction
Fan Fiction does not interest me too much. Most of it is poorly written, which is a shame because some of the stories I have come across have had so much potential. It is hard to read fan fiction when the author tries to write it like they think a television episode would be written. […]
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Remember Prisoners of Gravity?
Prisoners of Gravity was a unique television show that fit a niche. It was a show about science fiction writing and it ran for five seasons. Rick Green played the character of Commander Rick. In the opening comic strip type sequence we see that Commander Rick builds a space craft out of his Camaro Z-28. […]
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Award Show Bliss
Much Music really knows how to put on an award show. They don’t just host it inside a boring convention centre. Nope. They shut down the streets all around the building in downtown Toronto. They have stages in the building, outside in the parking lot, down the street, and even on the roof. And unlike […]
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Classroom Deal
Every now and then it is nice to do something together as a class that is not specifically related to the curriculum. I like to organize classroom versions of popular television game shows. I have had success with games such as Jeopardy, Wheel of Fortune, and Family Feud. Yesterday, I tried a new game and […]
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Walk of Fame
Celebrating our own is not something we as Canadians like to do. We have so much talent in this country but a lot of it goes unrecognized. We tend to consume American culture and degrade our own. I don’t know why this tends to be the case, but it does. The 2007 Canadian Walk of […]
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A Great Day!
Yesterday was such a great day! First, I got to return to my class after a couple of days off. I was surprised that I missed it so much. The supply teacher did a good job by the looks of it, but I always hate to leave my class if I don’t have to. We […]
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Jericho Lives! – Yes!
I am ecstatic! CBS has officially announced that it will be bringing back Jericho in the mid season next year with a seven episode order. They also have announced that if the viewership increases that they may order more episodes. This is great news. The Jericho lives campaign was a success. It worked quickly too. […]
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Guilty Pleasures
Much More Music ran a special called Top 50 Guilty Pleasures last week. It’s interesting to see the pop songs of the past that didn’t result in anything other than one hit wonders. It is almost like the music industry is meant to be disposable. It’s a shame. The show was amazing because I don’t […]