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Monday, October 20, 2014
Thursday, October 16, 2014
KLM's New Lost and Found
I enjoyed this short video showing a new feature of KLM's Lost and Found Department. When you watch it you will see why I find this so appealing.
In Dutch with English subtitles.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NK-T_t166TY
In Dutch with English subtitles.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NK-T_t166TY
Monday, October 13, 2014
Thanksgiving Day, and a Question for Teachers and Parents
Happy Thanksgiving Day to Canadians!
We celebrated early by going to a dinner party on Saturday night at a friend's house, where we had great food and even better company.
Yesterday we went to a Sukkot (harvest festival) party at another friend's house. It was fun trying to decide which of the many samples of chocolate cake was the best.
Here's a link to a wonderful-sounding film (I haven't seen it yet), a comedy written and produced by Israeli Orthodox Jews about Sukkot. It's named "Ushpizin."
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/ushpizin/
Today, Monday, is also Columbus Day (or some other named holiday) for Americans. I guess we all want to have a long weekend in October.
I get why Columbus isn't a politically correct person to celebrate. Here's a link to a video parody by John Oliver and Last Week Tonight, entitled, How Is This Still a Thing?
http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2014/10/13/columbus_day_john_oliver_and_last_week_tonight_ask_how_is_this_still_a_thing.html
My question to American and Canadian parents and teachers is:
When I was in Grade Five, Columbus was considered a great explorer. What do teachers teach kids about Columbus today? (I need this for some background for one of my projects. I'm not writing about Columbus.)
Thanks.
We celebrated early by going to a dinner party on Saturday night at a friend's house, where we had great food and even better company.
Yesterday we went to a Sukkot (harvest festival) party at another friend's house. It was fun trying to decide which of the many samples of chocolate cake was the best.
Here's a link to a wonderful-sounding film (I haven't seen it yet), a comedy written and produced by Israeli Orthodox Jews about Sukkot. It's named "Ushpizin."
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/ushpizin/
Today, Monday, is also Columbus Day (or some other named holiday) for Americans. I guess we all want to have a long weekend in October.
I get why Columbus isn't a politically correct person to celebrate. Here's a link to a video parody by John Oliver and Last Week Tonight, entitled, How Is This Still a Thing?
http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2014/10/13/columbus_day_john_oliver_and_last_week_tonight_ask_how_is_this_still_a_thing.html
My question to American and Canadian parents and teachers is:
When I was in Grade Five, Columbus was considered a great explorer. What do teachers teach kids about Columbus today? (I need this for some background for one of my projects. I'm not writing about Columbus.)
Thanks.
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