“Yes. I am an educational administrator. It’s what I do: I plan. And I write reports. And in the rare moments when I am doing neither of these–which is to say somewhere in the very middle of it all, between planning and reporting, if circumstances happen to permit–I will spend a tiny sliver of my […]
Read more "Please allow me to (re-)introduce myself…"[The Abject continues to deliver on its longstanding 1 to 4 proportion of “why I am not blogging” blog posts… Proudly barely blogging since 2001!] Even by my standards, a five month post gap is unseemly. Partly driven by forces familiar to many of you… Over the past year, I’ve become increasingly unsure of myself. […]
Read more "push-starting a dying VW microbus out of the parking lot, having been refused a cheap motel room for being dirty hippies"When I thought of the cataracts of books, the Niagaras of books, the rushing rivers of books, the oceans of books, the tons and truckloads and trainloads of books that were pouring off the presses of the world at that moment, only a very few of which would be worth picking up and looking at, […]
Read more "Once more into the abyss"Fort McMurray, Alberta – Operation Arctic Shadow by kris krüg From DeSmog Canada: The province of Alberta has recently released a development plan for public schools that enlists Suncor Energy and Syncrude Canada in the creation of future Kindergarten to grade three curriculum. Oil giant Cenovus will partner in developing curriculum for grades four to […]
Read more "Education in an aspiring petrostate"I was blessed with a holiday that was very full of family, friends and fun, less so of rest and reflection. The rural bandwidth and assorted festivities (and tentative steps embracing the first video game to grab me in many years) ensured that little time was spent reading much of substance online. In the interests […]
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