This is the second part of a comment to a post from a fellow blogger. You can find his post here, and the first part to my response here. I hope you enjoy these new reflections on his essay about the dangers of overspecialisation. – The crazy Colombian REFLECTIVE COMMENT #2 – ON LETTERS AND [...]
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Hello reader; we find each other again. I have an announcement to make. Over the last month, I found someone very similar, and at the same time very different to me. His name is Andres Melo, and like me, he is a Colombian expatriate in an English speaking country (Canada). Like me, he has a [...]
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Over the last 12 months , I have been on a journey of self-exploration and disclosure. Through this journey, I’ve had some difficult times and challenging moments. I also have had people I respect tell me I lost the plot. One thing in common in both instances was that I let my emotions and my [...]
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Image from ecosmartfire.com Winter is truly here, bringing with it childhood memories of nights by the fireplace, cooking steak on a grill over the open fire. Who would light an old-fashioned coal or wood fireplace in these days of global warming, and still have a clean conscience? Lucky for us all, a creative Australian inventor [...]
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I recently heard an interesting show on ‘Radio National’ talked about the effect that noise has on the classroom . It talked about how noise distracts students, and in extreme cases, a seemingly minor distraction can change the meaning of the whole lesson. It gave the example of a children’s story read to a group [...]
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