Category: Life Musings
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More Examples of Class Size and Composition in BC Classrooms
The following information was gathered by a BC teacher to help people understand how serious the class size and composition issue has become for teachers AND students all across BC. The information was gathered from teachers around the province. The hope is that this information will help clarify for people exactly what it means when…
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Metro Vancouver’s Easter Island Edifices
How long do you think it will be before some future archeologist type people are gazing upon our Easter Island-like edifices and pondering the hubris of putting trains in the air? Will they stand around the ruins of these once magnificent ruins asking, “But why wouldn’t they just build train tracks on the solid earth?”
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An All Too Typical Classroom
Is this the kind of classroom that our children deserve? Seriously? After publishing my blog post about a group of 30 students walking into a restaurant and expecting a single server to meet all their unique needs I received many comments describing the extremely challenging classrooms found in BC. However, this picture of a classroom…
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The Reality of Class Size and Composition in BC
Imagine you are a server in a restaurant – you are a very good server and the restaurant manager believes in your abilities and trusts that you will do a good job of serving the people who visit and want to eat at the restaurant where you work. Now imagine 30 kids come into the…
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Planning For Security in Retirement
Seeing as my milestone birthday is next week, I have begun thinking about the next phase of my life. Most people view retirement as a time to shift gears and enjoy a slower pace of life. Retirement is often seen as a time when individuals can kick back, worry less and take it easy after…
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Revenue From Online Media and Advertisements
Revenue from online sources is a really interesting discussion. First let me say that I think it is a long held assumption by newspapers and magazines that people actually look at and read their advertisements. Contrast that assumption with the fact that advertisers do not want to pay for online advertisements unless there is clear…
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National Burger Day
I forgot to mention that today is national burger day. My choice for fast food burgers is the A&W teen burger. I prefer the A&W burger because of the style of meat, the big chunk of iceberg lettuce as well as the slices of tomato. With a slice of cheese and it is even better.…
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Solar Roadways
Imagine!! Solar Freaking Roadways!! Imagine the possibilities of this! Solar roadways? However, as I always say, forget about the “homerun” style change where the plan is to install solar roadways on all the highways. Instead, start by installing solar roadways in new neighbourhoods or housing developments. New townhouse developments could install solar roadways. The parking…
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European Chafer Beetles Invade the Burbs
This blog post is for people who have not yet turned their front lawn into a productive garden space. If you have not yet turned your lawn into a productive space with garden boxes (like mine pictured to the right) and your lawn looks damaged or is being dug up by birds, raccoons and skunks,…
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Top 10 Messages for Parents of Kindies
Here is a list of the top 10 things that the parent of a kindergarten age child is now told before beginning kindergarten. I’m pretty sure my parents were not told any of these messages when I began kindergarten: It is important to break crayons into short pieces so kids learn to use the three…