I began Grade One in 1948 and graduated from Grade Twelve in 1959. The first few years were in a one room school and then we moved to a larger town where the school had two grades to a classroom. Most of our teachers did their job effectively and were the sort of persons we … Continue reading A TALE OF THREE TEACHERS
Learning
Self-publishing
Image by Venita Oberholster from Pixabay I am looking for advice in finding a simpler way than this to publish a book. Specifically, I am hoping readers have some advice about self-publishing services. The question is prompted by a discussion this afternoon with a group of friends who are writers. Some have self-published books through KDP, a service … Continue reading Self-publishing
Schooling versus learning
“My schooling not only failed to teach me what it professed to be teaching, but prevented me from being educated to an extent which infuriates me when I think of all I might have learned at home by myself.” George Bernard Shaw “My grandmother wanted me to have an education, so she kept me out … Continue reading Schooling versus learning
School days nostalgia
I trust that you will bear with me as a take a nostalgic trip into my old school days. This morning I went to our congregational school at nine o'clock to have devotions with the students and teachers. The thoughts I shared began with nostalgia for the good old days. I told them that this … Continue reading School days nostalgia
Getting out of a writing rut
Nothing you write, if you hope to be any good, will ever come out as you first hoped. Lillian Hellman Image by StockSnap from Pixabay Literature makes one sensitive, sensitive to people, to their dreams and to their ideas. Sanghamitra Iyengar The art of newspaper paragraphing is to stroke a platitude until it purrs like an epigram. Don … Continue reading Getting out of a writing rut
AI = Appearance of Intelligence
Ever since computers began to be used, people have speculated that one day a computer would be created that could outthink a human. The release of the ChatGPT app a few months ago seemed to indicate we are on the verge of that becoming reality. It will answer any question you ask it, in clear … Continue reading AI = Appearance of Intelligence
The stubborn refusal of French people to stop speaking French
Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay After Wolfe defeated Montcalm on the Plains of Abraham in 1759, the victorious British fully expected that the French of Quebec would quit speaking French and become Anglophones. Eighty years later in 1839, Lord Durham advised that being patient with the backward French Quebeckers would be the best policy, for they would … Continue reading The stubborn refusal of French people to stop speaking French
The war against the family
Image by Alisa Dyson from Pixabay Since creation, the family has been the basic social unit, the basic building block of society. A solid home, knit together in love, where each one cares for the others and where the core beliefs of the parents are passed on to the children, is a major problem for Satan and the … Continue reading The war against the family
Five things to do to maintain mental health
As taught in Norway, based on British research and reported in a French news magazine, with comments (in italics) by the Canadian writer of this post. Establish social connections.(Social media connections don’t count.) Keep physically active.(Leave the car at home and walk to the store.) Pay attention to details.(But forget the details of mistakes made … Continue reading Five things to do to maintain mental health
W. Edwards Deming
I worked in the quality assurance department of an auto parts manufacture from 1978 - 1993. This is how I came to hear of W. Edwards Deming, one of the leading figures in the implementation of statistical process control. He went to Japan after WW II and played a major part in the transformation of … Continue reading W. Edwards Deming
Flatlander Faith 