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Why is This My 20 Cents?
I went to Canadian Tire this weekend and bought two items. One of those items was a 4L jug of motor oil. I noticed that when the cashier rung up my two items, I was actually charged for three. I paid the bill and then looked closely at the receipt. Sure enough I was charged…
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Mix Tapes Go Digital
I haven’t made a mix tape in about ten years. I still listen to my old tapes and I really enjoy them. But tapes aren’t the portable magic that they used to be. Most people don’ t have tape decks in their cars anymore, walkmans are relics of the past, and new stereos don’t come…
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The Internet Should Be Free
I have noticed that some places of business offer free wireless Internet. I think this is a great idea. The Internet should be free. Can’t we take this a step further? I know that some municipalities offer free wireless Internet in the downtown core. It makes sense to do this. Downtown business areas are the…
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I Joined the Dark Side
I haven’t owned a fully functioning computer in years. When I started this blog I did all my writing on an old and outdated laptop. It wasn’t powerfully enough to do much of anything on it besides word processing but that was fine with me. I wrote all my blog posts offline and saved them…
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If You Don’t Look, You Find
This is what I wrote here a few weeks ago on February 4th. “I’m ready to move on. It’s been a long time since my heart was broken. But I don’t want to go looking for my true soul mate. I figure that if it is meant to be, we will find each other. Maybe…
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Don’t Play With Your Food Unless Your Teacher Tells You To
Last week I had the students work in groups to create a bridge that could span a gap at least 25 centimeters long. They had three days to work on the project and I gave them a lot of time to do so with these materials. Yup, that is spaghetti. The only other materials they…
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What Teacher’s Make
This is a great video from Slam Poet and teacher, Taylor Mali. One of the teachers at my school showed this to me today. I knew right away that I had to share it with you. You can check out his website if you want to know more about him at http://www.taylormali.com/index.html Remember to come…
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The Occasion Called For It & You Didn’t Answer
Today we celebrated the 10th anniversary of our school opening. It should have been a big deal. I was expecting it to be. We had building towards this all year. The students made projects about our community and they were in display in the gym yesterday for our Community Heritage Fair. Today, those projects were…
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My Customized Batmobile
This was my weekend project. I know some people will think I am strange but I saw this toy car on sale and knew what I had to do. I’ve never been a fan of Speed Racer but I have been a Batman fan for as long as I can remember. In fact, one of…
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Hardest Homework Assignment Ever!!!
I must be a really mean teacher. How could I possible ask my students to do something so difficult for homework? You’ll laugh when I tell you what the assignment actually is. But first, a bit of a set-up here is needed. I tell my students that they should be doing twenty minutes of homework…