by Richard Galloway | Mar 13, 2014 | quote of the week, Uncategorized
Words of Wisdom I came across the following quote while teaching the other day. It was on a G4 classroom wall. Staggering really to think that in three hundred and twenty odd years since so little has seemingly changed. Go placidly amongst the noise and haste,...
by Richard Galloway | Mar 11, 2014 | personal, teaching, Uncategorized
My last post was three weeks ago and a busy three weeks it has been. The experience has been interesting on lots of levels. A week with G7 followed by a week teaching G5 and latterly three days with G4. First and foremost I am now confident that not all my teaching...
by Richard Galloway | Feb 19, 2014 | personal, Uncategorized
Plan coming togetherOur plan to move to the Yukon and for me to substitute teach is going pretty well. I’ve been working more than not over the last month and the last week I have been in school everyday. I’ve been covering a year 7 class and it’s...
by Richard Galloway | Jan 29, 2014 | nutrition, Uncategorized
What our children eat matters as wellThe older I become the more aware I am of what I eat. Mainly, truth be told, because it is no longer possible to eat and drink willy nilly without consequences. There was a time when the weekend binge meant nothing, but soon after...
by Richard Galloway | Jan 13, 2014 | personal, Uncategorized
I am still waiting to hear from Alberta Professional Standards. At this point paranoia starts to seep in. Is there something wrong, my degrees not up to par, my grades were sub par. Of course that’s all ridiculous I was a qualified teacher in the UK and so I...
by Richard Galloway | Dec 17, 2013 | quote of the week, Uncategorized
I’ve been reading a piece by Andrea Elliot writing for the New York Times called Invisible Child. It is an incredible piece of journalism – the sort of journalism that really illustrates the power of words. This quote came from it -a metropolis rived by...