A bunch of stuff in the news about education, from both provincial and federal governments. Both levels purport to be concerned about adapting education for the new millennium and all that. The big solution this week is to teach computer coding in Elementary School. Justin Trudeau muses about it, in spite of the fact…
Month: January 2016
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The Community Forum Troll
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Picture by VS6507 via Wikimedia Commons I had a new experience this week, one that I require your indulgence to discuss. (Okay, I want to vent and I need an audience.) It regards a rather despicable application of knowledge: trolling community forums looking for people to bully. It’s a great source of victims, because people who ask questions…
Social Commentary
Praise Yourself Slim: Why Diets Never Work
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Okay, we enjoyed too much turkey and gravy this Christmas, and most of it somehow migrated to our waistlines. What do we do? Do we follow the Canada Food Guide and eat more fruits and vegetables? Oh, no. Of course not. We go on a diet. And it doesn’t work. Of course it doesn’t…
Election Watch
Apology for the Trump Debacle
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We Are Sorry. We, the Society for Responsible Democracy, have made a huge mistake, and the whole of America is suffering for it. You see, it is the premise of our Society that members of each generation must fight for their freedoms. And we have noted that the present generation is rather blasé in this…