Confessions of a Progressively Irrelevant Teacher

" Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it ," said George Santayana.  I hope we learn from history. Otherwi...

I was at a conference a couple of weeks back. I thought all was going well. Suddenly with no warning one of the participants stood up. ...

I was four. Mom said we were going shopping.  We were going shopping for a doll for  me. I already owned three dolls, See-See, Susie and ...

Our Evacuation Timeline: May 14 and 15 2011.  Pieced together from dated text messages, Facebook posts and time stamped photos. May 14 ...

Some people have been asking me about the Red Cross. The Red Cross does a great job dealing with emergencies, getting emergency response vol...

Hey Mom. Remember when you used to make fun of the neighbour lady who said getting a dishwasher changed her life because now she could vac...

"There is a massive wildfire in northern Alberta and it is heading directly for Slave Lake!"   That was the voice of Peter ...

I said some of these things a few years ago. It's too late to take them back. But not too late for others who might be dealing with thos...

What is courage? Courage is the wildland firefighter who stands in swirling flames, fighting the fire. Courage is the last nurse making...

400 middle aged white guys met in the middle of the province, vowing to form a new party to defeat the NDP in the next provincial electi...

Jan, Yvonne, Teresa, Me Every evening we go for a walk past the Sawridge Creek.  Usually at this time of year there is almost enough wat...

What is pedagogy?   I was at a meeting this morning where we talked about "best practices" and "challenges" and file n...