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Ten Hours a Year

Ten Hours a Year

Well, the news coverage about this week’s Supreme Court decision continues, and although I don’t really want to get political here, I have to. Just a little. So stay with me. This was twenty-five minutes of my day today: Yep,…

Ashley D. MacKenzie January 30, 2014 Current Events, Teaching, Uncategorized
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Democracy gets a sticker today.

“Court orders B.C. to restore class sizes and pay $2 million in damages to teachers” proclaims the Vancouver Sun’s headline. It’s a good day. After more than a decade and two prolonged battles in court, the BCTF (the BC teachers’…

Ashley D. MacKenzie January 27, 2014 Current Events, Teaching, Uncategorized
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An Intellectual Treasure Hunt

I lucked out the first time I was assigned to teach Social Studies 9. For a bilingual Canadian Europhile, the course is pretty much brain porn. You know those things that you wish you were part of, that you can…

Ashley D. MacKenzie January 26, 2014 Teaching, Uncategorized
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The Language of Love…and Hate

It’s a big week at my school: grade 8 course selection week. The now not-completely-terrified thirteen year-olds are being asked decide how they’re going to spend their next year. It has also historically been one of my most aggravating weeks…

Ashley D. MacKenzie January 15, 2014 Teaching, Uncategorized
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A Case of Writer’s Laryngitis

So, reading is awesome. So is writing. So, naturally, reading about writing is also, well, awesome. I’ve been perusing some of my favourite YA authors’ blogs lately, and know what? I’m jealous of them. I get completely, unquestionably, as green…

Ashley D. MacKenzie January 13, 2014 Teaching, Uncategorized, Writing
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Life Lessons from a VW Bus

Life Lessons from a VW Bus

Two things have happened recently which resulted in my ever tolerant husband going along with my crazy, acting as though I’m completely rational, when we all know that my drummer takes some liberties with its marching beat. First, we saw…

Ashley D. MacKenzie January 3, 2014 Current Events, Exploring this Whacky World, Uncategorized
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Ask me about 2013 in five, maybe ten, years.

This morning, I felt like I should write a New Year’s post. The only issue was that I didn’t want to do it. Then I started thinking about all the things I should write about as a proper look back…

Ashley D. MacKenzie January 1, 2014 Exploring this Whacky World, Uncategorized
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