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Complex Equivalents

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In Neuro Linguistic Programming, there is a concept called ‘complex equivalents’. In very general …

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Filed Under: Choices, Personal Growth and Self-discovery Tagged With: authenticity, author-ity, being true to self, capacity, choice, creating space, emotional healing, expressing spirit, family, fear, health, learning new lessons, letting go, potential, self-healing, taking charge, trust

What I Believe — one version

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When taught Grade 11 University English, the first essay I had my students write was a personal …

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Filed Under: Choices, For the fun of it., Personal Growth and Self-discovery Tagged With: authenticity, being true to self, choice, emotional healing, expressing spirit, family, imagination, potential, self-healing, taking charge, writing

Breaking Up is Hard to Do — Or Is It?

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Consider that everything in life is really a metaphor for everything else. I can hear an English …

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Filed Under: Choices, Personal Growth and Self-discovery Tagged With: authenticity, author-ity, being true to self, capacity, choice, creating space, emotional healing, expressing spirit, learning new lessons, letting go, making a difference, metaphor, personal dignity, potential, resourcefulness, self-healing, shame, taking charge, trust

Rage. Sadness, Fear, and Guilt — these four

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I’ve revisited a recent judging experience as I remember it. I hear myself apologizing for my …

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Filed Under: Choices, Personal Growth and Self-discovery Tagged With: authenticity, being true to self, capacity, choice, creating space, emotional healing, expressing spirit, fear, guilt, learning new lessons, letting go, personal dignity, potential, rage, sadness, self-healing, shame, trust

Alternative Assessment — Another Way

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Recently, I posted my thoughts regarding ‘The Exam Question’, an article which was published in the …

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Filed Under: Education Issues and Comments, Personal Growth and Self-discovery, Resources, Teaching Tagged With: accountability, alternative assessment, assessment, authenticity, author-ity, being an educator, capacity, choice, creativity, education, emotional healing, imagination, learning new lessons, philosophy of education, potential, summative assessment

Choosing to Question

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Retirement and ending has been on my mind. I wrote about retirement in Being Put Out to Pasture. …

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Filed Under: Choices, Personal Growth and Self-discovery Tagged With: accountability, asking questions, authenticity, author-ity, being true to self, capacity, choice, creating space, emotional healing, expressing spirit, learning new lessons, letting go, personal dignity, potential, self-healing, taking charge, trust

So are We All

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When my mother died, I stayed for a while with my best friend who I’ve known for what feels like all …

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A Different Choice for Student Assessment

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As I prepared to write this companion piece to my thoughts on ‘The Exam Question’ – one on …

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Filed Under: Education Issues and Comments, Personal Growth and Self-discovery, Resources, Teaching Tagged With: accountability, alternative assessment, alternatives, assessment, being an educator, capacity, choice, education, educational change, learning new lessons, philosophy of education, potential, student assessment, summative assessment

Failing to Thrive — Then and Now

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Failure to thrive is a medical term applied to infants who are unable to gain weight and who, …

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Filed Under: Choices, Personal Growth and Self-discovery Tagged With: authenticity, author-ity, being true to self, capacity, choice, creating space, emotional abuse, emotional healing, expressing spirit, failing to thrive, family, fear, health, learning new lessons, making a difference, personal dignity, potential, self-healing, shame, taking charge, trust

The ‘F’ Words in My Life

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“She used the ‘f’ word!” We know what that means.  And either the speaker’s frustrated or angry or …

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Filed Under: Choices, Personal Growth and Self-discovery Tagged With: accountability, authenticity, author-ity, being true to self, choice, creating space, emotional healing, expressing spirit, letting go, making a difference, personal truth, potential, power of words, self-healing, shame, taking charge, trust

Revenge — Not So Sweet

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Vengeance is a monster of appetite, forever bloodthirsty and never filled.                           …

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Being Put Out to Pasture.

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I retired from teaching at 59 after 33 years as a classroom teacher. So, in keeping with one …

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