coping with Covid-19
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When the Whole Year Is a Teachable Moment
2020 has been one heck of a year. A difficult year. One big teachable moment, in my opinion. And it’s not over yet.
books
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Mired in the Mud … Thoughts on Poetry and Fiction and War
If you’ve been reading my blog for a while, you’ll know that I usually write something about Remembrance Day in November. For many years, I taught at a school named for John McCrae, who wrote the famous poem “In Flanders Fields,” so …
"The Kids Are Alright"
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The Kids Are Alright
Yesterday I attended the Remembrance Day ceremonies at my old school. And I was reminded that teenagers today are a pretty cool bunch. Remembrance Day is a big deal at John McCrae Secondary School; after all the school was named after …
And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda
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Remembering Our Remembrance Day … In Australia
Since I was a kid, I’ve always thought that Remembrance Day was an important day. And never more so than when I was a teacher at John McCrae Secondary School, named for the Canadian doctor who wrote the iconic poem …