“Softly falls the light of dayas my campfire fades away.Silently each cub should ask,Have I done my daily task?have I kept my cub laws true?taught to me by old Baloo Always try to do my best,God grant me a quiet rest.” We sang this song at the end of every Cub Scout meeting. The Cub…

A long time ago, children were thought of as mini-adults. Childhood was not a concept that was understood. So when did children become children and what exactly does it mean to be a child? It happened in the middle ages. It became necessary for middle class parents to train their children in a trade so…

I’ve heard a lot of talk and disappointment over the fact that Canada still has not been up to the podium at the Olympics. We seem to be coming up short on every event. And of course, people are upset about this. We want to celebrate our country. We want to have pride in our…

Yesterday I wrote about the 4 important things you should keep in your wallet. Today I am expanding the list to 4 things you should keep in your car. Here they are, 1) A Blanket A Blanket is a very useful thing to have in the back of the car. It can be used for…

I always carry these four things in my wallet. I think it goes back to my Boy Scout days and the motto “Be Prepared.” Well, things have certainly changed since then. So my list has changed too. Here it is, 1) A prepaid phone card In Scouts we were always told to carry a quarter…

I’ve never been subjected to a split class, not as a student and not as a teacher. And for that I’m glad. I think the practice of putting two classes together under one teacher is extremely unfair. It’s unfair to the teacher who has to cram two years worth of material into one year. It’s…

What does a teacher do in the summer? It’s a good question and one that I’ve actually been asked to address on this blog. So here goes, Teachers don’t make a lot of money when they first start out. In fact, I still have a hard time making ends meet. But since I have been…

I believe in love at first sight. It’s happened to me before. Unfortunately when it did happen, I didn’t act on it and I have never seen her again. It was about ten years ago but her image remains burned in my brain. One of my biggest regrets in life is that I never ran…

This is an age-old debate that spans all the way back to 1989. At least that’s when I first heard of it. It was the theme of one of the greatest movies of all time, When Harry Met Sally. Harry felt that guys and girls couldn’t be friends. He thought that sex would always be…