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Saving Your Favourites
If you click on the title of a post, you will be taken to the archive copy of the text, where there are many options:
"Print this post" -- creates a printable screen
"Add to Favourites" -- See below
"Related Posts" -- other posts that are in some way similar
"(Visited N times)" -- Started Jan 5, 2010If you click "Add to Favourites", the software sets a cookie on your device. This cookie is quite harmless; however, it saves a list of your favourite posts on this site. Up to 99 of your favourites will appear on your computer only, in the list to the right, on the device that has the cookie. Note that favourites saved on one device will not be favourites on others, and that clearing your cookies will clear that particular device's list.
I am not sure about this, but the favourites list should work, even if you are not a subscriber. I know that it does work for subscribers.
The flow
Tag Archives: education
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The child was mystified. The teacher repeated the question: “if I have an apple in my left hand and an orange in my right— take a wild guess: what is the question?” The child shrugged his shoulders, lips arched, hands … Continue reading
Posted in Mild-mannered opinion, Poetry
Tagged divergent thinking, education, imagination, rhyme, right-brain, social reform
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Climbing
Poem: After a a teaching career, one often meets ex-students, and this event is sometimes an occasion for contemplation. Continue reading
Posted in aging, Poetry, thoughts below ground
Tagged change, education, growing, relationships, teaching, voice recording
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from Black Jack’s basement
[Note: Blackjack was a persona I used over twenty years ago, when I was editing “The 21”, a union newsletter for highschool teachers in our end of Ontario.] So now it’s okay to be late by a day or a … Continue reading
Posted in lotus eaters, Poetry, political asides, Screeds, serial, thoughts below ground
Tagged bosses, education, rhymed, satire, schools, standards, stupid decisions
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