“Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider.” — Francis Bacon Growing up, I loved to go to local stores and see if I could “help out”. This resulted in an assortment of odd jobs at the local grocery …
The Class of 2021 is facing a school year unlike any other. Just think of the stress and anxiety that a single term of disruption caused for the Class of 2020 and multiply it tenfold. A recent article in the Toronto Star (https://tinyurl.com/yyvhahcg) outlined some of the issues this year’s grads are dealing with in …
Colour Coded Activism & Voluntourism Like a lot of people during COVID, I have spent a good deal of time cleaning. My office is spotless. The cupboards in the house are similarly tidy. In fact, the whole house is bereft of clutter. Except of course my closest. Again, like many of us, I have found …
Never work with children or animals. W.C. Fields American actor/comedian W.C. Fields (William Claude Dukenfield (January 29, 1880 – December 25, 1946) was famous in his day and to this day for his witty, succinct oneliners. Fields’ comic persona was that of a witty wordsmith who lived hard and as he said himself was free …
Single-Gender vs Mixed-Gender The urge to create is equally strong in all children. Boys and girls. It’s the imagination that counts. Not skill. You build whatever comes into your head, the way you want it. A bed or a truck. A doll’s house or a spaceship. A lot of boys like doll houses. They’re more …
It’s About the Journey… “Ah, but I was so much older then I’m younger than that now” B. Dylan No matter how different each of my days as a high school administrator was, I could always count on certain cyclical events. At the start of the year for Grade 9s, it was …
Tell me and I forget, teach me and I remember, involve me and I learn. Xunzi Hardly a week goes by that I do not receive an email from a former student. Often, though, there is a point for their reach out. Sometimes it is assistance, usually at the 11th hour, with an assignment …
“Show me a successful individual and I’ll show you someone who had real positive influences in his or her life. I don’t care what you do for a living—if you do it well I’m sure there was someone cheering you on or showing the way. A mentor.” — Denzel Washington MENTORSHIP Athena, the first mentor? …
The early August joint statement from SickKids, CHEO, Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, Kingston Health Sciences Centre, Children’s Hospital at London Health Sciences Centre, McMaster Children’s Hospital and Unity Health Toronto (https://tinyurl.com/y3b2955d), “emphasized the importance of routine and structure that comes with returning to school five days a week.” It is also important to note …
Around the world, schools have either started to open up again or are in the process of doing so. And with this comes a lot of questions, anxiety, and angst for all involved. So why should you be considering contacting an educational consultant? First off, why pay a consultant to do what you can do yourself …
