Thoughts on a Monday Evening...

No time like the present to get off my comfy seat and... wait... Well. Like I said. Time to make this blog thing happen again.

A quick overview of the day, and yes.  I'm putting this on the main page.  Neener neener...

SOCIAL 10:

• General introduction to economic globalization: factors that affect the global economy, introduction to World War I, and one or two vids to boot.  Oh, and lest we forget... Holey Moley!

• Reminder about a few things:  Chapter 9 Questions DUE TODAY.  Your second essay is DUE on FRIDAY.  And you have a quiz tomorrow.  Because, you gotta have quizzes.  Or something like that.

SOCIAL 9:

• Spent the day in the lab today.  Refer to Lab Day #7 instructions which have been sent to you.  To sum up:  complete your Family Tree (3 generations) by WEDNESDAY, hand in your completed Essay by WEDNESDAY, and continue working on your material from Chapter 5.  Neither Parts 2 or 3 have due dates... yet... but they will.  So be nice to me, mmmkay?

Interesting News Items of the Day #1

In order to make things a bit more interesting for everyone, I'm going to try to draw your attention to something interesting/weird that I found in the news on a daily basis.  I'm going to kick off this ritual with not one, but TWO stories.  I know, I know... maybe you should sit down.

1.  A lot of neat stuff happening in the realm of private space flight.  Virgin Galactic had a successful test in California that saw it's space-liner go supersonic.  I don't know about you, but I'm going to start saving for my ticket on one of these flights.  Only $200,000 for a quick jaunt into the upper atmosphere to experience the sensation of weightlessness.  Or, I could just exercise more.  Decisions, decisions...  Story here.

2.  I've made no secret of my once-on, now off relationship with Apple.  It was a matter of principle for to upgrade from my little Koodo to the Samsung Galaxy SIII.  And it was on sale.  Win-win.  In any case, I'm intrigued by the latest information about the competition between Samsung and Apple.  The world of SmartPhones is an extremely competitive one.  It'll be interesting for me to see how this battle goes down.

Thanks again for all you do!  Lots of good questions today and that makes things more interesting for everyone.  

Cheers!

~Mr. T

The Challenges of Modern Education

While this doesn't sum up everything, it is worth noting that this comic expresses some of the limitations of a far-reaching system that cannot always personalize to the needs of every single student.

Our education system

I'm not always successful with this on a daily basis.  I can't always engage students in a way that is meaningful to them.  This is where we have the opportunity, though, to determine what our own educational goals are.

~Mr. T

Yes. I LOL'd...

As a teacher, I've learned that I have to take a few minutes every day to appreciate the humour in life.  Fortunately for society and my highly developed sense of procrastination, the internet is all too willing to fill that need.

Little gems like this make it very much worth the journey.

Hey you kids...