Retired, but not from learning. Many years head of dept. in local high school; followed by being an academic consultant 7—12 at the D-PCDSB office.

Ontario, Canada
Joined February 2010
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Perhaps 55?
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Perhaps 16?
How many holes are in shirt? No one has been able to get correctly Winner gets $9,000 Ends in 24 hours
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One for the gems, @JessL
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I love this inspiring read. Thank you for sharing.
You give love, it comes back to you . They looked at me and said, 'You're so small... how will you carry a child?' I smiled and said, 'With love!’ In the late '80s, I adopted Marcus. A single man with achondroplasia wasn't who people expected to see leaving an adoption office with a baby. I heard every doubt, every warning-but I signed the papers anyway. I wanted to be a dad, and that little boy needed someone who wouldn't walk away. I carried him everywhere-on my hip, on my lap, in a carrier l rebuilt three times just to fit my body. He grew into a strong, active kid. Running, sports, lifting-if it involved movement, he loved it. As the years passed, my legs began to ache. Stairs got harder. Long walks, grocery runs-everything slowed me down. Marcus noticed before I ever said a word. Now he just bends down and says, 'Come on, Dad. I've got you!' And he does-steady, confident, proud. I raised him with love. Now he carries that same love right back to me
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An inspiring example:
During a massive earthquake that completely paralyzed Tokyo's transit grid, five million stranded commuters filled train stations across the city. International journalists braced themselves for panic, stampedes, and looting. Instead, a single photograph taken inside a major train terminal went viral across the globe: On a wide marble staircase, hundreds of exhausted office workers were sitting down quietly in neat, parallel rows along the left side. The entire right half of the staircase was left completely empty. Nobody yelled. Nobody shoved. They instinctively left an open lane so that emergency personnel, elderly people, and parents carrying toddlers could pass through without friction. Convenience stores gave away free water and hot buns. Strangers shared cellphone battery chargers on the sidewalk. Vending machine operators unlocked their machines to dispense drinks for free. Looting incidents recorded? ZERO. When crisis strikes, Japan’s deepest instinct is not to hoard and fight—it is to tighten the circle of mutual care and ensure nobody is left behind.
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Break the deal!!
Notebooks on Doug Ford's Staples portal: $2.51. Retail price: 79 cents. Exercise books teachers bought in June for $7.49: now $17. This gov't locked 80,000 teachers into one American-owned company. So much for Doug Ford’s tough talk. Cancel the deal. Let teachers buy local.
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YAYYYYYYY for the wisdom of Chapman’s:
Chapman's Ice Cream has just done something EVERY Canadian should know. The largest ice cream company in Canada used to source fruit and nuts from American suppliers — for some, for over 30 years. Then, Trump imposed a 25% tariff on Canadian products. So, what did Chapman's do? 📷 They called Italy. 📷 They called Spain. 📷 They signed multi-year contracts with European suppliers. And the vice president said it perfectly: "Even if Trump wakes up smarter than yesterday, we're about to sign long-term deals with other countries — and the American companies that supply them will have nothing but their eyes to cry for." Oh, and on top of ALL that? They're COLDing their prices so that the average Canadian doesn't have to spend a single cent more. It's a family business. No shareholders. Just the Chapman family saying: "The least we can do is make sure Canadians still have the means to buy ice cream." That's what Canadian pride looks like. Next time you're at the grocery store — grab some Chapman's. Every scoop of ice cream is a vote for Canada.
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Here’s one for you, Elon Musk:
🇸🇪 Swedish billionaire Roger Akelius has donated 800 million SEK ($76 million) to support children in the Gaza Strip, matching a 400 million SEK allocation from the Swedish government. This brings the total aid package to 1.2 billion SEK ($114 million), to be distributed through UNICEF. The funds are specifically designated for a five-year program focused on re-establishing education and child protection. The initiative aims to fund the operations of 400 schools, covering teacher salaries, meals, and supplies, while providing essential psychological support, clean water, and vaccinations for traumatized children.
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An impressive adult. What a treat to watch.
This is one of my favorite videos of all time. As a child psychologist, it’s a perfect example of joint attention, preverbal communication, and coregulation.❤️
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God bless the woman who took a stand for justice:
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I don’t care if it turns out to be AI. It’s heartwarming:
A Race Won by Kindness This is what true sportsmanship looks like!
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Wowwwww! Yay to the Netherlands:
They changed the doors and gave dementia patients a piece of home back. In the Netherlands certain nursing homes discovered a straightforward yet meaningful solution to help residents with dementia feel safer and more at ease. Staff place life size stickers depicting each person’s original front door on the entrance to their current room. Instead of facing hallways of nearly identical doors residents now recognize something deeply familiar. The specific color the shape and the unique details of the home they once lived in stand out clearly. These custom decals known as True Doors reduce disorientation make individual rooms simpler to identify and help preserve important personal memories. The approach restores dignity for family members. It encourages greater independence for residents according to caregivers. Most importantly it transforms a standard room into a warmer more comforting space that genuinely feels like home. Compassion does not always demand elaborate measures. In many cases it can begin with something as simple as a familiar door. Image created using artificial intelligence for illustration purposes only.
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Uh oh…are you sure you want to marry him?
Am I wrong for going off on my fiancé after he returned my wedding dress without asking me? Me (29F) and my fiancé (33M) are getting married soon. Wedding planning has been mostly fine except he's picked fights over the venue and the flower girl. Now it's my wedding dress. Ever since I was little I dreamed of having my own beautiful wedding dress. I can afford it. My fiancé thinks it's stupid to waste a couple thousand on a dress I'll wear once. He might have a point, but this is a typical price for wedding dresses, and if it's once in a lifetime, why not make it special? He wouldn't drop it. Suggested I rent a dress instead. Started calling me irresponsible with money. Brought up how much I've put aside to "rent a face" — his charming little phrase for makeup. And "fake hair" — his words for extensions. I have a vision for how I want to look on my wedding day. I thought that was my right as the bride. I went ahead and bought the dress with my own money. The next day it was gone from my closet. I panicked. He told me calmly that he returned it and got the refund. I was in shock. Asked him why. He said the dress was ridiculously expensive, I was wasting money, and once again demanded I go rent one. I lost it. Went off on him. I've never yelled at him like that before. He took a step back and told me to calm down like I was being hysterical. Said he had every right because there's no such thing as "I'm paying for it myself" in marriage. Said my attitude is setting the tone for what kind of wife I'll be — expecting him to pay for everything while I keep "my money" to myself and spend it irresponsibly. I have never once told him how to spend his money. I told him he gets zero say in how I spend mine. He told me to grow the f up and stop with the "dream wedding dress" clichè. Then he stormed off to call his mommy. His mom called me right after and chewed me out. Said she won't let me ruin her son's financial stability with my reckless spending. She demanded I rent a dress or buy a much cheaper one and "move on." I said no. Now he's holding the refund hostage. Says he'll give me the money back once we "agree to a solution." Meaning once I do it his way. Am I wrong for thinking this isn't about a dress anymore — it's about control?
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Wowwwwww! Amazing. Lots of hugs to you
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A powerful example of “How easy it is to judge by appearances, and how easy it is to be wrong when... judging by appearances!!!”
NEVER UNDERESTIMATE ANYONE!! A woman in a cheap cotton dress and her husband in a humble suit got off the train in Boston and walked timidly (without an appointment) to the office of the secretary to the President of Harvard University. The secretary guessed at one point that those peasants who had come from the forests had no business at Harvard. "We would like to see the president," the man said gently. "He's busy," the secretary replied. "We'll wait," the woman replied. For hours the secretary ignored them, hoping the couple would finally lose heart and leave, but they didn't, and the secretary saw her frustration growing and finally decided to interrupt the president, even though it was a task she always avoided. "Perhaps if you talk to them for a few minutes they'll leave," the secretary said to the University President. He grimaced but agreed; someone of his stature obviously didn't have time to deal with people in cheap dresses and suits. Nevertheless, the president, frowning but with dignity, strode arrogantly toward the couple. The woman said to him: We had a son who attended Harvard for only one year. He loved Harvard and was happy here, but he died in an accident a year ago. My husband and I would like to erect something somewhere on campus in our son's memory. The president wasn't interested and said: - Ma'am, we can't put up a statue for every person who attends Harvard and dies; if we did, this place would look like a cemetery. "Oh no," the woman explained quickly: We don't want to erect a statue; we think we'd like to donate a building to Harvard. The president narrowed his eyes, glanced at the couple's dress and cheap suit, and then exclaimed: "A building! Do you have any idea how much a building costs? We've spent over $7.5 million on buildings here at Harvard!" For a moment the woman was silent, and the president was pleased because perhaps he could get rid of them now. The woman turned to her husband and said softly: "Is it so little to start a university? Why don't we start our own?" Then her husband agreed, and the president's face darkened with confusion and bewilderment. Mr. Leland Stanford and his wife stood up and left, traveling to Palo Alto, California, where they established the university that bears his name, Stanford University, in memory of a son whom Harvard hadn't taken an interest in. Leland Stanford Junior College was founded in 1891 in Palo Alto. It was named in honor of the deceased son of a wealthy landowner. That was his memorial, and today Stanford University is ranked number one in the world, ahead of Harvard. How easy it is to judge by appearances, and how easy it is to be wrong when... judging by appearances!!! Text from the network.
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