I never obessessed over MySpace. I’ll admit to having had a lurker account; how else could I check out the seemingly endless stream of grainy cell phone pics snapped in bathroom mirrors across America? And, later we did set up a QuadMag MySpace account where I sometimes check in. But I’ve never personalized a MySpace [...]
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Although I posted a link to the Intelligent Design On Trial Nova Special, I have never posted anything concerning my personal views on religion. I was raised Baptist originally, then Catholic. I also attended a Catholic primary school for a time.
I have read the bible and a good deal of the Qur’an but I do [...]
Filed under: Religion by Dragon Horse
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This article will not be politically correct! It will discuss two questions and possible answers to those questions. First, what is wrong with our education system today, no matter where in Canada we live? Second, how did things get that way? In my opinion, the process of change started when the education system responded to the [...]
Filed under: Education by Sandy
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A week ago I wrote: What is going on in Toronto? People of colour, particularly blacks, have been fighting against segregation in all its forms for decades, if not centuries. How on earth can parents and the Toronto District School Board be seriously considering a black-only school for those of African heritage. See CTV link here.
In today’s [...]
Filed under: Education by Sandy
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About two decades or so ago the Black community in the United States became embroiled in a debate over what to call themselves. Some suggested that the term “African American” replace “Black,” which itself had succeeded “Negro” (now considered somewhat offensive by some Blacks, even though talk show host Oprah Winfrey once used it [...]
Filed under: Politics, Society by Emilia Liz
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This morning I finished my early entries and then went and turned on the TV to see what was happening in the real world (I normally monitor CTV and CNN most days). I was met by emerging reports of the death of another fine young officer newly graduated from the RCMP Academy who responded [...]
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On August 26 2007 my three-month-old daughter Gabriella Michelle was baptized into the Lutheran Church. It was quite an event: my brother, who served as one of the godparents, noted that Gabriella screamed extra loudly when the priest asked whether she would renounce Satan – to which I responded that she was such a [...]
Filed under: Religion by Emilia Liz
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This article is a revision of an earlier one I wrote asking parents to share their stories about their education system no matter where they lived in Canada. While I realize the article is long, I hope parents will have the time to read it. While the issues discussed are representative of many of the parent stories I received, [...]
Filed under: Education by Sandy
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