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,…
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’…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…