Just a warning to all my friends. And everyone else as well. I have decided to become radicalized. That’s right. Just like those kids who come from nice families who suddenly end up in ISIS or the Aryan Brotherhood or the Moonies. How Did This Happen? Well, it’s been coming on for quite a while.…
Month: September 2019
Politics
A Letter from …?
by renaissanceadmin • • 1 Comment
This draft letter was leaked by a high-ranking member of the PMO yesterday. Due to the position of the whistle-blower, his motivation is suspect. I leave it to the reader to decide: Letter to the Citizens of Canada Dear VotersFriends, I have learned a few things over the past week year. The way we…
Social Commentary
Subjects of Whom?
by renaissanceadmin • • 1 Comment
A note before I start. I don’t aspire to represent anyone else’s ideas but my own in this or in any other post. I don’t pretend to speak for any cultural group. I just find, sometimes, that someone (in this case, my son, Matthew) makes a thoughtful comment that makes me look at the…
Social Commentary
Holier-than-Thou on the Kinder Mountain Protest Line
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From the top, I’d like to say that I believe climate change is the greatest test facing mankind since the atomic bomb was invented. I believe we all have to tighten our belts and change our ways, and quickly, too. But there are economic realities that we have to take into account. The Kinder Morgan…
Social Commentary
6 Things You Don’t Know (and Should) About How Math Is Taught
by renaissanceadmin • • 0 Comments
Okay, big news. Doug Ford is putting Ontario Math teaching “Back to the Basics.” Ho hum. Now, don’t get me wrong. I loved teaching Math, and over the years, I developed some pretty decent lessons. Also, I know a lot of people who are passionate about their theories of Math teaching, and an even larger…