In September 2002, I started my first year of university at McMaster. Like most first year university students I was incredibly nervous and had little idea on what to expect during my first lecture. Many of us woke up excited on…
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Happy Friday! Yesterday was a PD Day, so all the staff had to go back to school before Labour Day. In Ontario, the English schools always start after Labour Day with the French schools going back the week before. Every so…
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Last week I attended my seventh (!!) OFSAA Track and Field Championships in Toronto. OFSAA is a pretty big deal here in Ontario. For all high school sports, it is the highest you can go in the province at the…
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Another TORW – this will probably be the last one and then we are back to our regularly scheduled programming…. Although you might as well replace TORW with STWM – because training for that marathon starts in a few weeks!….
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This semester I teach a class called “Careers Studies”. It is a mandatory class for Ontario students and teaches them all about setting goals, transitioning to the post-secondary world and how to prepare for searching for jobs. I have taught…
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I would have to admit, there are times I am envious of people who can work from home all the time, or choose to work from home when it is necessary (snow storms, daycare closed, kid has fever). Teaching is…
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Quick Three Things Thursday because I kind of have more important matters than writing a blog post right now (yay procrastinating). Thing 1 – Oh look, another research paper I have a final paper due tomorrow for my grad school…
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