My wife Leah and I were just talking about how nice it would be if everything would just go according to plan. She wisely pointed out that, unfortunately, life is not like that. Leif has told me about last year’s Gem Hall project and that there were a few hurdles in the process. […]
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Change the World? We Are!
Posted December 8th, 2006 by Leif Baradoy
~ from Lana Friesen, Grade 5 Humanities Teacher at Calgary Science School
Wow - for the past week and a half there has been so much energy and passion bubbling to the surface in class from my grade 5’s. The lessons about extreme poverty have sparked an interest in how other people live, where there is […]
ChristmasFuture: life changing event for the kids in my room!
Posted December 5th, 2006 by Leif Baradoy
~ from Neil Stephenson, teacher at Calgary Science School and ChristmasFuture School Program Team Lead
The subject line above was the email I received from a fellow teacher this morning, and it is not the first of its kind. Our school-wide examination of extreme poverty has been powerful and highly rewarding. I have had numerous conversations […]
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