The Fires
Rex Murphy, always the voice of reason, had his little say and it got me to thinking. He believes we should all say thank you to Alberta: Most of us in Canada have been touched by the province in some way. Well, that may not be so for the bigger Eastern provinces, but it does ring true for a lot of the Maritime Provinces, Newfoundland, probably Saskatchewan and certainly for B.C. Alberta had teaching jobs when no one else did. The best teaching year of my life was up in LaCrete. I didn’t like the weather, the harshness of the country or the vast distances, but man, the people and the support I got up there was the very best I ever saw. Can’t complain about the education those people are getting! It wasn’t just the amount of money, we didn’t have anything fancy… it was the way they spent it. We had what we needed and the best professional development. Our school days were a bit longer than most in my experience, but we had days where, as teachers, we were able to ...


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