Leading From The HeartYup, that’s basically what we did today. It was another of our travel days, and this time we took the metro to Berri-UQAM Metro station and went for a bit of a walk around the area. (image from http://www.crimt.org/Images_shared/Images/Metro_UQAM.gif) The boys spotted Underworld Skate shop right away so in we went… After that we went … Graffiti, Skate Shops, Burgers…
Montreal Metro Tunnel 1 image by Flowizm on Flickr Every day 2 of our 9-day cycle at school I take my older group of students out on a travel day. We take public transportation to travel from Chateauguay to Montreal. Each day 2 we try to go to a new place, and each time I … Travel Day
Toronto trustees vote in favour of black-focused schools cbc.ca -Tuesday, January 29, 2008 “A proposal to create Canada’s first black-focused public school was approved by Toronto District School Board trustees Tuesday night. They have recommended the creation of an alternative school that features a curriculum and teaching environment oriented around black history and culture. Some … Black-focused public school in Toronto by 2009…What do you think?
At the end of November I met Marc Tison (in case your school is like ours and myspace is blocked, here’s somewhere else to go), a pretty well known skateboarder from Montreal, and we got to talking about one of my students whose dream is to be a sponsored skateboarder. In fact, at the beginning … A day at the park…literally
…I swear, I could start a million sentences with that phrase. Today one of my students told me that no had ever told her they missed her before today, when I was letting her have it for the attitude she was spreading around the room. I told her that if it continued after 2nd recess … Today, one of my students…