5 Qualities of a Good TeacherNot all teachers are created equal. Depending on how you look at it, this is either a good or a bad thing. For me, it sits somewhere in…Sep 27, 2023Sep 27, 2023
Teaching is an ActThis new role that I am taking on this school year has caused me to do a lot of thinking. In past years I’ve spent the last bits of summer…Sep 21, 2023Sep 21, 2023
Zen and the Art of Driver’s EdThis should in no way be connected to that great body of factual information connected to the art of Zen. It is not very factual on…Sep 18, 2023Sep 18, 2023
Immigrant WordsWhat does it mean to be a Black man with an immigrant father and a white mother raised on Indigenous land?Aug 7, 2023Aug 7, 2023
Media Literacy: I’m Still Stuck on Selfies“They could care less about the Z pattern in paper ads. Now they all wanted to know if their teacher had a Facebook. Maybe, I thought, I…Oct 19, 20221Oct 19, 20221
Who Am I?I was walking home after school one day in grade twelve and felt like I was doing everything wrong. Another football season without a…Sep 20, 20221Sep 20, 20221
Those Last Three YearsTeaching through a pandemic makes no one a better educator. It may have made some more resourceful, more attuned to the social and…Aug 24, 2022Aug 24, 2022
I’m Getting Used To ThisAll year, I had trouble getting used to this again. Every school day felt like a winter Monday — tired before the day even started and…May 30, 2022May 30, 2022
Survive And AdvanceYou would think I would be so used to the sound of my morning alarm that it would no longer be able to jolt me out of my sleep. But it…May 16, 2022May 16, 2022
An Ode to Hip HopThe hip hop albums I’ve listened to, from Snoop Dogg’s Doggystyle to Kendrick’s To Pimp a Butterfly, have taught me more valuable life…May 3, 20221May 3, 20221