@shareski Thanks for a wonderfully thoughtful post about a very important concept. I really like your use of "rapport" as a substitution for relationship. Your post has given me significant food for thought.
I am not an Ontarian, or a teacher, or an education assistant, but I have a perspective on the Ford government’s “Keeping Students in Schools Act”. I was Minister of Education in Alberta for 7 years, including the time the Charter was developed and enacted. #onted#onpoli
1) Okay, so the Ontario Gov't just announced parents would get $250 per kid to "enhance learning". Let's look at one example of what that money could do if it was directed to schools instead of used as a political bribe to parents.
$30,000,000,000
That's how much Canada's largest corporations avoided paying using tax avoidance schemes last year
For a fraction of that, we could have eliminated the entire federal student debt — with $8 billion to spare for healthcare
The system feels rigged — because it is
. @GurdeepPandher, who is famous for his Bhangra dances from his home in the Yukon, toured Ontario this week… even stopping in Port Stanley!
Gurdeep’s videos, many of which are seen in the cold & snowy conditions of the Yukon, have been viewed online more than 50 million times!
Our annual Terry Fox run will be Friday, September 23, 2022. Students can wear red and white that day, and you can help us raise money for cancer research here: https://t.co/0sV4cCTqJx
Thanks to @KettleCreekPS parent council for organizing such a fantastic evening filled with music, laughter, and cotton candy. What a wonderful way to build community.