http://www.withgoodreason.com An Eclectic Mix of Commentary on News, Politics and Technology Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:10:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This article is about how to write an essay. For research validation and all background information, refer to this permanent page. It is based on Chapter six of a book I wrote and is, therefore, copyright material, requiring a citation if used in a paper, book or presentation. Please click on the link ... http://www.withgoodreason.com/2009/12/10/how-to-write-an-essay/ The McGuinty government's Ministry of Education is at war with itself. On the one hand, they want provincial standardized test results and school rankings to improve. On the other, they want to increase graduation rates. So, to increase the numbers of students graduating from high school, they have implemented a student "success" strategy -- ... http://www.withgoodreason.com/2009/07/29/on-intimidating-boards-re-rankings-no-fail/ The Chinese government declared 2006, The “Year of Russia”; and in turn, Russia celebrated 2007 as “The Year of China.” These mutual pronouncements were part of a decade long rapprochement between the two states. After many years of mutual acrimony and suspicion the barriers that divide the two nations have ... http://www.withgoodreason.com/2009/05/02/leery-bear-rising-dragon-life-along-the-sino-russian-border/ Several years ago I was casually dating a man from Colombia named Carlos*. On our second date, he raised the topic of matrimony. I was a bit surprised; barely two weeks of knowing one another seemed a bit early for him to basically propose to me. Many other girls might ... http://www.withgoodreason.com/2009/02/01/marriage-immigration-fraud/ Attitudes towards women and marriage have changed in Russia – but how far? There is no doubt that marriage is one of the most significant events of human life. There is a Russian proverb: if you have no brains when you are twenty, you are never going to have any; if ... http://www.withgoodreason.com/2008/11/19/marriage-in-russia/ Another violent episode at C.W. Jeffreys Collegiate in north Toronto yesterday. A young student was stabbed. Thankfully, as reported on last night's Global news, he is going to be okay -- but was not cooperating with police -- meaning he is scared that whoever did this to him will try ... http://www.withgoodreason.com/2008/11/12/denial-political-correctness-tdsb-school-violence/ Questions that needs to be asked and answered are: (1) How do teachers' union collective agreements and the Ontario College of Teachers (OCT) policy impact how efficiently a principal can do his or her job? (2) Does that impact affect the safety and well being of Ontario's children? Yesterday, Moira MacDonald ... http://www.withgoodreason.com/2008/10/17/principals-collective-agreements-school-safety/ In the shadow of the US Government’s massive subprime lending bailout, the House of Representatives passed legislation HR 5244, better known as the Credit Cardholders' Bill of Rights Act of 2008. Designed to curb the growing torrent of credit card consolidation and bankruptcy filings, the bill bans or limits ... http://www.withgoodreason.com/2008/10/05/us-credit-card-law-ignores-consumer-responsibility/ If parents and educators want to stress more of "the basics" in public schools, something is going to have to give because the school day and the school curriculum are just too crowded. It's odd, really, how people will complain that the education system does not respond to public input and ... http://www.withgoodreason.com/2008/09/05/the-basics-societys-changing-expectations/ Thanks to the Internet, waiting for the latest news is a thing of the past. Most credible web news sites provide RSS feeds and are updated 24 hours per day, allowing important stories to propagate across the entire web in mere minutes. The resulting consumer desire for immediacy ... http://www.withgoodreason.com/2008/07/27/podcasting-toronto-news-on-itunes/