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Receiving a book in a bag on the day of love Removing them one by one in bewilderment Recognizing the name inside the cover of the last book Breaking into tears and clutching my love to me
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I’ve decided to begin putting some of my writings up here. Most of them are ones that I did during university. Here’s one that I didn’t even remember till I started going through my files today. English Student’s lament Now I sit me down to write A pint of Guinness in my sight I start […]
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Well, things continue to change here. If anyone still reads this you may be interested to know that I am now teaching in Lytton. In other news, I”m going to be trying out Twitter again.
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Arthurian Omen by G.G. Vandagriff My rating: 2 of 5 stars The Arthurian Omen, by G.G. Vandagriff deals with the intense passion that arises when the location of a long lost manuscript is uncovered. The story is starts out being riveting and it makes you want to find out more, and then when you do, […]
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As you know I sent an e-mail to Nina Grewal (my M.P.) a few weeks ago in regards to the “case” against Ezra Levant before the Alberta Human Rights Commission (you can read my reaction to it here). A similar case is currently proceeding against Mark Steyn. A few weeks later I sent a follow up […]
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I originally posted this on a Ning site that we use for classroom discussions in my Educational Psych class. Today there was an interesting discussion in the English/social studies prep room at my school. Someone brought up how grades were posted, and that most teachers posted them by student number (essentially alphabetically). One teacher though posted […]
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Why do we give students grades? Wait, no, that’s not it. I understand why we give students grades, what I don’t understand is why we use the traditional A through F system. It seems to discourage cooperation, and provide yet another thing for students to make fun of each other over. I believe that we […]
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In regards to my previous post. I am so frustrated I just sent an e-mail to my MP Nina Grewal. You can read the text below. Greetings; My name is Noah Arney. I love this country. I am proud to have become a Canadian. I am proud to live in this great land. I am […]