We are all inventors, each sailing out on a voyage of discovery, guided each by a private chart, of which there is no duplicate. The world is all gates, all opportunities.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Saturday, December 1, 2007
Image of the Librarian
...this is a fun website. Author turned librarian turned author. Holly Black.
The question is: do you have what it takes to be a librarian?
Librarians are:
Sexy
Smart
Radical
Famous
Me!
http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/~hblack/whylibrarian.htm
The question is: do you have what it takes to be a librarian?
Librarians are:
Sexy
Smart
Radical
Famous
Me!
http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/~hblack/whylibrarian.htm
December in Mississauga...
...is also December in Afghanistan! I am continuing to research, read and working today on LIB3. This course has been a great amount of work; it has been an exciting journey however, with so much learning on so many varied fronts.
I discovered Deborah Ellis as an author several years ago. I read The Breadwinner first. Prior to reading this YA novel, I really had made no attempt to understand the situation in Afghanistan. It is a brilliant novel that has become part of some grade six core in literature in some places. Kids of all ages ( 8 - 88) love it! Don't miss this exceptional read. Follow The Breadwinner with Parvana's Journey. These two stories gave me a basic understanding of the fundamentals, and then reading The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns (Khald Hosseini) built on that understanding.
I was musing about the state of learning in Afghanistan today. One cannot think about learning where there is none, without discussing a library. It is vital to the process. One cannot discuss the state of learning in Afghanistan without considering the treatment of females. How wonderful it is, and how telling, that the institution of library becomes the central connection.
http://www.w4wafghan.ca/fundraising/library.html
I discovered Deborah Ellis as an author several years ago. I read The Breadwinner first. Prior to reading this YA novel, I really had made no attempt to understand the situation in Afghanistan. It is a brilliant novel that has become part of some grade six core in literature in some places. Kids of all ages ( 8 - 88) love it! Don't miss this exceptional read. Follow The Breadwinner with Parvana's Journey. These two stories gave me a basic understanding of the fundamentals, and then reading The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns (Khald Hosseini) built on that understanding.
I was musing about the state of learning in Afghanistan today. One cannot think about learning where there is none, without discussing a library. It is vital to the process. One cannot discuss the state of learning in Afghanistan without considering the treatment of females. How wonderful it is, and how telling, that the institution of library becomes the central connection.
http://www.w4wafghan.ca/fundraising/library.html
CABARET
What a treat last eve! My daughter goes to a school of the arts here in Mississauga. Every year they do a fall play - best value for $20 you ever will find! I was not familiar with the story or the play CABARET. I had never seen it in any format. The students did an outstanding job and as usual, you have to pinch your self to remember you are NOT downtown at a professional theatre. Well done.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabaret_(musical)
Whatever did we do without Wikipedia? Changing my tune about the knowledge of the collective of humanity...or at least those that care to post!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabaret_(musical)
Whatever did we do without Wikipedia? Changing my tune about the knowledge of the collective of humanity...or at least those that care to post!
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Anaphylaxis and Bullying and Fragile Egos
It is such a typical November evening out there. I returned from a Workshop (with Chinese food in tow) by 6 p.m. and then had to set sail for 7! Too much all the time. The driving is windy and dark and mostly makes one long for their bed! It is hard to sustain energy these days.
My day was so interesting today because the focus was students. I have just completed the Anaphylaxis training for all the staff - show the 6 minute video and then give everyone the opportunity to play with the EpiPen. During the course of tracking down all the staff, I saw the video at least 5 times. I got something more from it each time - such a serious subject.
I worked with two boys today around the subject of bullying. I think it is an epidemic among our youth - truly, I am beginning to believe that adults really have no idea of what students go through every day. It is not an easy subject to tackle. You think you have figured out the situation and then someone adds another piece of information: not simple!
I am working with a Lost Soul. She is an articulate young person who should have the world at her feet. Mostly, I find myself humbled by the burden so many of our young students carry.
If they come to the office, they are going to READ or do MATH. We have to believe that it is the academics that are going to save them.
My day was so interesting today because the focus was students. I have just completed the Anaphylaxis training for all the staff - show the 6 minute video and then give everyone the opportunity to play with the EpiPen. During the course of tracking down all the staff, I saw the video at least 5 times. I got something more from it each time - such a serious subject.
I worked with two boys today around the subject of bullying. I think it is an epidemic among our youth - truly, I am beginning to believe that adults really have no idea of what students go through every day. It is not an easy subject to tackle. You think you have figured out the situation and then someone adds another piece of information: not simple!
I am working with a Lost Soul. She is an articulate young person who should have the world at her feet. Mostly, I find myself humbled by the burden so many of our young students carry.
If they come to the office, they are going to READ or do MATH. We have to believe that it is the academics that are going to save them.
Sunday, November 25, 2007
Shakespeare
Have a hankering for some Shakespeare to break up the afternoon? Are you in Grade 9 and wanting to review Romeo and Juliet? What about some Othello for the students in grade 12? I still find Hamlet a favourite - but then King Lear is special and a year without MacBeth would be troubling too!
http://shakespeare.mit.edu/
Check out this quote page!
http://www.users.totalise.co.uk/~tmd/william.htm#heaven
And another:
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/w/william_shakespeare.html
"The lady doth protest too much, methinks."
Still one of my favourite quotes after all!
L
http://shakespeare.mit.edu/
Check out this quote page!
http://www.users.totalise.co.uk/~tmd/william.htm#heaven
And another:
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/w/william_shakespeare.html
"The lady doth protest too much, methinks."
Still one of my favourite quotes after all!
L
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