Mar. 10th, 2005

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I need them for my eyelids.

[livejournal.com profile] anidada, [livejournal.com profile] nottheterritory, I have renewed appreciation this morning for the difficulties of a toddler who doesn't sleep. I'm sure Piet does, too. Argh.

In other news, I have a PoAC brewing (Post of Actual Content, for the newly-arrived on my friends list - Term yoinked from [livejournal.com profile] jinzi)about the shortcomings of the Ontario Elementary Curriculum, and what I think should be done about it. It will be locked, mostly because if I get around to cleaning it up and adding in some actual research, I want to be able to sell it. The ETFO publication might take it, and the College of Teachers one might as well, depending entirely on how much of their direction is coming straight from the Ministry these days. (The reason teachers overall don't identify with the College of Teachers is quite simply that it wasn't set up to benefit us, but to regulate us. It's a mouthpiece for the ministry, which has been on teachers' backs for ten years. Until that changes, we'll continue to resent the College.)

In fact, I may have a second PoAC at some point next week, about the interaction between culture and language (from the standpoint of someone with minimal expertise in either. :)) It's one of the themes of the book excerpt I posted a few days ago, actually. When I get to it, that's going to be one helluva good book. Who knows when I'll get to it.

Gotta go. Someone's having a birthday, which is the only kind of staff meeting we're allowed to have at the moment. :)

That's an incredibly bad sentence. *slaps self on wrist* Maybe I should cancel writing conferences for today. I don't think I'd be much help to my kids if I'm writing like that myself.
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But Elizabeth has other ideas. Until later, everyone.

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