My community outing today! As per our new 2 pronged urgent strategy to stem the tide of this tsunami I went to pick up free rapid tests at the nearest LCBO. That was a 30 minute drive. Lovely….saw furry cattle, blanketed horses and many treed side roads. However the end result/1 was #fail. The young man (age is relative) was standing outside of the outlet to let all the eager and hopeful test seekers that “no can do” and has “no clue” when aforementioned tests would be available. He did dissuade us from rummaging thru the delivery 🚚 in the back. /2

Team meeting complete. EveryONE did eventually show and they put their nose to the grindstone and completed the year end review. Always important to do to see where we have come from and where we are going. I have always done this wherever I have worked. It is important to acknowledge the work, especially those who are dedicated to change but suffer the pushback and silencing at multiple levels, personally and professionally. So a special shoutout to my CYCP peeps @teemunro @Joyhenderson78 @Just_Juanita @OACYC et al. Here is the review!

Thinking Allowed - Walter Benjamin - a special programme on his work and influence - BBC Sounds. For those who want to understand him and especially his notion of the flaneur! Our lives intersected at Portbou, years apart, and with almost similar outcomes! bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/b0… My experience was landing in Portbou in 1971 and moving from the student unrest especially in Paris....to the fascist Franco Spanish regime. Our first encounter, after making our way thru the border check...daunting, was the barb wire around the university in Madrid. After that

So it answers the question of the apple and the tree. My now 23-24 year old “boy” has shown a consistency of character and doing the right thing. In elementary school he stopped a petition circulating in class, started by two parents, to have a child removed from the class

https://twitter.com/growingleaders/status/1340672324106919937

(She had dev’t related issues). He took it when it came to him, told his peers this is not okay, & took it to the office. When he was 11 I was called to see if he would ump a championship game( ⚾️ ) since no one else would for fear of the parents. I asked him. He said sure.

How many times has this been cited? For me......hundreds when I taught!

More than excited to be amongst this illustrious cast. Brunilda, Tim, Fania. Our work (Symone) shows demonstrables ways of creating unique spaces, places and community for Black persons with a focus on economic justice. It is infused by a restorative pedagogy and practice that partners with students as they innovate their way from their lived experience and their voices become the basis for innovative design responses to inequity for social justice purposes.

The issue of change in education right now revolves around two models that intersect, and not well. The model of education, with its ideological inheritance, market focus, is also top down, bureaucratic and reflects a command and control style of management. Therefore it /1 cannot be a learning organization. This means it does not, in either paradigm, centre voices of those most concerned and affected, is not part of a continuous feedback loop, does not engage in continuous improvement and eschews innovation, creativity and change./2

Threaded tweet starting with happy thoughts. Or #walkingwhilegetting 😡 Who remembers going to the Carpenters Union picnic as a youngster? &2 the ITU Xmas party where all children got a wrapped gift? And the year long strike at the 🌎 & Mail? Those were the haydays! However there are still dreams...

So today was interesting....as an aside I found a beauty app on the camera. What do you think? But more to the point.../1 Went for a walk and lo and behold I came across a herd (sic) of swans. A total of 9. I might see two back in the marsh. But seven of them were frolicking with geese. &...what came on my music. U won’t believe “Swan Lake”. This universe. /2