GHOTI spells “fish” of course, Everyone Knows That!

18 years ago

George Bernard Shaw was a great proponent of English spelling reform. Here is an example he used to illustrate the…

Those Apocryphal Flying Cats of Borneo: The Real Story

18 years ago

The flying cats of Borneo - apocryphal? Hyperbole? Fantasy? Jungle legend? Imaginary animals? In response to a request from a…

Choreolab North

18 years ago

Last Friday’s Choreolab concert of ten original dances was the culmination of a central studies (CS) elective. Choreolab started at…

The Eagle Nation

18 years ago

The title and content of this entry have changed. The original title - A Challenge to Stephen Colbert - referred…

“Life on Earth” – an amazing multi-media musical

18 years ago

I had the great pleasure of attending Life on Earth - a student written, multi-media and very original musical by…

GHOTI spells what?

18 years ago

Quick, quick! – spell “yacht” New research on spelling and the brain English spelling and pronunciation are renowned for complexity…

From kindergarten to high school

18 years ago

Robbie sent me this picture of a high school student with members of her kindergarten class. As you can see…

Detecting Tommyrot, Bunkum and Codswallop

18 years ago

When dealing with bunkum like the unsubstantiated and most unlikely claim of the 14,000 parachuted cats it would be good…

The Great Cat Drop: Take this Test of Critical Thinking

18 years ago

We are all very fond of talking about critical thinking. But what does it actually mean? In the classroom, in…