Here’s the deal, folks. I want to go back to work. I didn’t become a teacher for the summer break, and although I’m certainly not complaining about the time in lieu that I receive for my overtime hours throughout the…
Yep. We’re still on strike.
It’s easy to forget that BC public school teachers are still on strike. I mean, it’s summer. It’s time to drain your brain from thoughts of all things school, right? And if you live in one of the districts where…
Cloaks, wands, and kickass characters.
I spent this morning hunched in front of my laptop, making revision notes on my young adult novel. It wasn’t a bad morning, really. I had coffee. It wasn’t bone melting hot yet. I was productive. But it wasn’t last…
Classroom composition is a thing. And I don’t know why.
I’m a product of the BC Public Education System. In my thirteen years as a student, I attended three elementary schools and two secondary schools. I took part in three “choice” programs (alternative programs offered within the public school system,…
There’s no E-Reader for this.
I had a cloth library bag when I was a kid. I don’t remember what colour it was or where it came from, but I can still feel the way that its handles cut into my little hands as I…