Kids and liars
Sending communication home about a student’s behaviour is not a favourite activity of any teacher. Where I work, if you’re hearing from...
Scarcity
Demand and supply is a basic concept of economics. High demand and low supply equals higher prices. For a manufacturer there can be...
Retro Blog: Autism has a place in the classroom
This article made me angry. It asks a simple question, ‘Does autism have a place in the mainstream classroom?’ It made me angry because...
Retro Blog: I'm worth more than chicken nuggets
Those of you who know me personally know I’ve lost some weight over the last year. I’ve been thinking about about writing about that but,...
Must be so good
Have you ever noticed that the more prestigious the school the higher the admissions scores and fees are? Pretty obvious observation, I...
Apex Legends - Youtube Parent Review
#youtube #apexlegends #gaming #review #parent #parenting #videogames #kids
No one plays Fortnite
I do a little activity with my students each year with whatever new thing is super popular at the time. The last time I did it was with...
Retro Blog: I fear no carpark
I found a bunch of my old blog posts - I'm going to post some of them under the heading of Retro Blog. I wrote this item three years ago...
You choose Youtube?
I love Youtube. But, Youtube has an impossible problem. 300 hours of content is uploaded every minute. EVERY MINUTE. Yes, even The Dad...
Genius
If you need proof there has never been a time when schools ‘got it right’, or that ‘they don’t teach basics in school anymore’ is a...