Melissa Balan

Canadian IB English teacher between jobs. Historian with expertise in the medieval era and WWII. Currently reading The Play of Death by Oliver Pötzsch.

[Melissa Balan @MBalan101]

I advanced to the Sapphire League on Duolingo

[Lisa Nielsen @InnovativeEdu]

🚀Discover how to read laterally and find out steps to bring this crucial skill into classrooms with a lesson from @CommonSense / @CommonSenseEd 🔗https://t.co/NSM9pwcNak #DigitalLiteracy

[Melissa Balan @MBalan101]

@Bret_Sears Do you mean Native Canadian values? I mean, they were there always, time immemorial before colonisation, so you must mean Native Canadian values.

[Melissa Balan @MBalan101]

Spent yesterday's holiday at #Ankara Castle. Beautiful day for beautiful views.

[Robin in the Hood Medieval Festival @RitHFestival]

Fun Fact Friday: 'Medieval' refers to the events between the fall of Rome and the start of the Renaissance. This time period is typically broken into 3 groups: early middle ages or dark ages (500-1050), high middle ages (1050-1300), and late middle ages (1300-1500). #MedievalFact

[Melissa Balan @MBalan101]

It's frightening to me what's happening in Canada. Stand up. No fascists will take hold of our Canada.

[Michael Gerald Gibbs @Mikeggibbs]

If you meet with Nazis.

If you have dinner with Nazis.

If you favourably quote Nazis in your speech.

Do you know what they say about ducks?

You do not belong in Canadian politics.

And if you defend such people, you do not belong in Canadian politics.

Period. End of story.

[Melissa Balan @MBalan101]

The Taliban only care about themselves. Period. This is heartbreaking.

[Shabnam Nasimi @NasimiShabnam]

In Afghanistan, over 28 million people face starvation, while little children like this boy are forced to work on the streets to put bread on the table.

Where is the humanity. This is soul-shattering. We can't stay silent.

[Melissa Balan @MBalan101]

@alicekeeler I have! A student told me at the start of the year that it helped her focus. She did all the work and would put down her knitting when working in groups (as she usually volunteered to be the notetaker).

[Melissa Balan @MBalan101]

@RodKahx Guess they are good to go to countries like North Korea to protest dictatorships there, right? I mean, they obviously know soooo much about tyranny, right? 🙄

[The White Helmets @SyriaCivilDef]

"The situation is tragic in every sense of the word. Unfortunately, hundreds of families are still under the rubble. As the 3rd day of the earthquake enters, there is a great shortage of search & rescue equipment."
#WhiteHelmets volunteer Asim Al-Yahya
#Syria #earthquake

[Melissa Balan @MBalan101]

@MonicaLewinsky Or put on a frigging mask?

[Melissa Balan @MBalan101]

@unlearn16tweet @thevivafrei @AuthorKimberley I feel for the teachers stuck teaching there who believe in equality and human rights, but cannot afford to leave the state.

[Melissa Balan @MBalan101]

@GSmokesweed1

[Melissa Balan @MBalan101]

@GSmokesweed1 I didn't vote for him the first time around, and wouldn't this time. Also wouldn't vote for the Conservatives. They are getting scary.

[UNESCO @UNESCO]

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[Melissa Balan @MBalan101]

@MarkHamill Wow, imagine when people used to hang out and had to talk to each other instead of looking down at their phones.

[Melissa Balan @MBalan101]

@coteau I want to know just who the hell voted them back in.

[Melissa Balan @MBalan101]

@unlearn16tweet What a beautiful, thoughtful project.

[Melissa Balan @MBalan101]

Protect public healthcare at all costs, #Ontario
#OntarioGovernment

[Cheri DiNovo @CheriDiNovo]

In the US a woman just told me she pays $800.00 a month for her medical insurance (senior with a few medical issues) This is what @fordnation wants for us. Just say NO! NO PUBLIC $$ to PRIVATE CARE

[Melissa Balan @MBalan101]

@siomoCTV What??? Yikes.