Archive for February, 2009
Is a Public School Education Even Worth It?
Saturday, February 7th, 2009This video puts a lot of perspective on how fast your society is progressing. It makes me wonder whether it’s worth cramming our children’s brains with knowledge that will be useless within only a few years. There will always be a need for basics, but why instill an education in technology for things that won’t [...]
30 Simple Family Pleasures
Friday, February 6th, 2009This post was authored by Vered Deleeuw, owner of mommy blogger as a guest post on Zen Habits. Vered reminds us to look for the simple things in life when it comes to having fun together as a family…
Do you remember to have fun every day?
I’m sure you remember to brush your teeth, to eat, [...]
Tenured College Professor Fired for Giving Students A+
Friday, February 6th, 2009In an article dated today, the Globe and Mail reports a story of a physics professor at the University of Ottawa who has been suspended, pending dismissal, for giving all his students an A+ grade.
I think that it’s time that society re-evaluate the purpose of grades and if they truly help us to judge a [...]
Learning About the Properties of Water
Friday, February 6th, 2009Among the books Dawn chose from the library last week was the book Solids, Liquids, and Gases by Ginger Garrett.
It’s a nice little book which, in simple terms, explains the difference between solid, liquid, and gaseous matter. I wanted her to gain a better understanding of what the book was talking about, so I decided to [...]
Welcoming a New Member to Our Family
Wednesday, February 4th, 2009Pumpkin came to us on Friday thanks to the 4PawsRescue Society. I hunted around Craig’s List and Kijiji and strangely, couldn’t find anyone giving away a cat that interested us (usually there’s an over-abundance).
I then did some research and found out that PetSmart had an adoption program. Instead of selling cats or dogs, they have [...]
Off to the Museum!
Monday, February 2nd, 2009Workers came in to change all our windowson Thursday and it being winter, that translated to our having to leave and find something to do for the day. I decided to take the girls to the Telus World of Science since we hadn’t been in a while and they had a LEGO exhibit that I [...]
Off to the Museum!
Monday, February 2nd, 2009Workers came in to change all our windows on Thursday and it being winter, that translated to our having to leave and find something to do for the day. I decided to take the girls to the Telus World of Science since we hadn’t been in a while and they had a LEGO exhibit that [...]
