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Day 133 (of 2024/25) A student by any other name would still smell of axe Well, Florida went and done it: fired a teacher because of name useage… https://www.yahoo.com/news/florida-high-school-teacher-loses-150102267.html And I’ll be honest – I’m of two minds on this one. I’m not a fan of using deadnames, but I am also in favour of using…

Day 132 (of 2024/25) Reflecting on Emergency Drills in a campus that does not have attendance…  We probably don’t do drills enough… though I can also argue that we likely do them too often… familiarity can bring confidence/competence, but also a desensitivity to what’s real, and what’s practice (which is why many times I have…

Day 131 (of 2024/25) new head coaches and superintendents… Pete Carroll has a number of lessons that he has shared over the decades he has been coaching young men.  A favourite on my wall (now mis-filed during a move) was: Tell me and I’ll know Show me and I’ll see Coach me and I’ll do…

Day 130 (of 2024/25) 50th anniversary of Microsoft I am known for having a love/hate relationship with Microsoft… loved their word processing program…. Liked their office suite… hated the rollout in 2003 when some key features were eliminated (Publisher & Exporting Powerpoint to Video) which lost me… I have also not liked how aggressive ‘it’…

Day 129 (of 2024/25) Tla’amin Day Tanisi kiyawow, ʔaǰɛčɛp ʔot, (how are you all?) Today we get to celebrate an anniversary of the local Tla’amin Nation – and highlight that this year they have been able to require their traditional village site after it was taken in 1878. https://www.tlaaminnation.com/tlaamin-set-to-reacquire-120-acres-of-former-village-site-at-tiskwat/ and has mostly been accommodating lumber/paper…

Day 128 (of 2024/25) I’m going to TCAF! (And a comment about other ‘lesser known superheroes) ComicCommentary first, announcement at the end… Maybe I’m too connected… but this week was another share about ‘lesser-known’ heroes, and I had some thoughts: https://www.msn.com/en-ca/entertainment/movies/20-lesser-known-superheroes-the-mainstream-world-isn-t-ready-for/ss-AA1ApnYf?ocid=entnewsntp&pc=U531&cvid=dc9ce74ff4d748acf7369bd30c2a51af&ei=130 Plastic Sam (as I first knew him) was on the cover, so I knew…

Day 127 (of 2024/25) Book Share: Burnout From Humans – Vaness Andreotti (free download!) *****My biggest takeaways from the reading ***** 1. And probably one of the better explanations about why the ‘kids today’ are struggling in the education system that was created for a world over a 5 generations previous… 5 reiterations of what…

Day 126 (of 2024/25) on things like April Fools Day in schools I like pranks and jokes. I don’t like how overhyped it can get when school is in session. A morning+ of mistrust or an opportunity to assess critical thinking skills? The cruel (salt instead of sugar…) vs the creative (one year a school…

Day 125 (of 2024/25) jobs of the future ( a shrinking list) Bill Gates had a thought… https://www.unilad.com/news/us-news/bill-gates-ai-taking-over-jobs-886912-20250326 But i think his list is a bit askew… coding is already being taken on by AI; and as much as AI can do creative arts (I’m looking forward to doing a prompt for personalized books –…

Day x (of Spring Break 2025) Project 2025 Page 342… RIP US Department of Education Project 2025 Page 342…  In Canada, “Education” was determined to be a ‘provincial’ matter (along with Health, and unlike  in the break up of federal/provincial powers from day one-ish). In the United States, The Department of Education was founded to…