Childhood education
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The Trouble With Words
Your son’s report card is sitting on the table and you are not happy. Math is lower than it should be, his teacher noted that he did not hand in all his assignments, and he got a “Needs Improvement” for effort. What do we do? If you are like most of us, you will sit Continue reading
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Why Kids Can’t Write
*Note – This was published by the Beaumont News in March of 2017 When I was in grade nine, my social studies teacher stated bluntly, “if you can’t explain it in writing, you don’t know it.” During my school years, I shrugged off his exhortation because I thought it didn’t matter what I explained since Continue reading
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Discovering Your Family
Published in the Beaumont News in December 2016…. We all want to be involved in our kid’s lives. We just don’t know how. By involved I mean being able to talk with our kids and not just providing a taxi service. Unfortunately, habit and insecurity often prevent us from establishing those bonds. Here are a Continue reading
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Building Active Minds
The last thing I want to do when I get home is to have a bunch of things engaging me when I walk in the door. Isn’t it my right after working hard to come home and relax? With a newcomer to Canada as my spouse, and two elementary-aged kids who haven’t seen me all Continue reading
About me: I am a career educator and traveler at heart. My written work includes academic writing in philosophy and linguistics, English acquisition, and most intently in the areas of spiritual engagement with reality and what that means for our public lives.
My education is a mixture of formal study in philosophy, political theory, Biblical studies, and history, along with professional teaching certification in TESOL and in cognitive testing, and international teaching.
My travel experiences include a range of countries in Asia, Europe, Africa and North America. I have lived in Canada, the United States, Germany, Saudi Arabia, South Korea and Thailand. From those places I have traveled to many others besides.
I am a child of the 70’s and a “family man.” That means I have two wonderful kids who have been round the world with me.
Lastly, I am married to a wonderful woman since 2004. She is my partner, my friend, and my muse.
Thanks again for stopping by,
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