HOW VALID IS YOUR OPINION?
When my daughter was in grade 6, her teacher introduced the topic of ‘Debating’ and how to do it properly and effectively. Simultaneously, they were covering a unit on outer space exploration, so one of the debate topics was whether or not investigating the solar system was something humanity should be doing. All of her…
THE FORCE IS WITH YOU
I finally did it! I watched the entire Star Wars series. It was never something on my to-do list, or something I’d ever imagined myself doing. However, social isolation is a unique time, and thus it requires and elicits atypical behaviours and measures. It was actually my daughter who suggested the idea. Since I didn’t…
IS YOUR BRAIN HUNGRY, UPSET OR BORED?
Do you ever have annoying and distracting thoughts about food, even though you aren’t actually hungry or in need of more calories? Likely this is happening more frequently due to self-isolation… In fact, many people are reporting that similar to the “Frosh-Fifteen” (extra pounds gained during the first year of college or University), folks are…
DOES PRACTISE MAKE PERFECT?
Recently at my daughter’s Sunday morning baseball a parent anxiously asked when the game was going to start. The coach replied saying that the girls practise a series of drills first. The woman proceeded to say that she drives several of the girls and they intentionally arrive late because they prefer to play the game…