What’s with the oral fixation? Any parent with a child in Grade 4 and up is currently facing the dreaded oral presentation unit of the class curriculum. For the Grade 4s it is destined to be three to five minutes of their best knee-knocking, voice-quivering speech in front of the class, with no props or visual aids. My concern is …
Swimming with dolphins
To swim with dolphins or not to swim with dolphins — that is the question. I’ve recently returned from Jamaica, where I took my family to swim with dolphins at Dolphin Cove in Ocho Rios. Since then, I happened to catch the documentary “The Cove” which is about the dolphin slaughter in Japan each September. The movie links these dolphin …
Think outside the boxes
When Boxing Day started last week; I wasn’t ready for it. I’m not talking about the sales of Christmas leftover stock that happens on the 26th of December, I’m referring to my move to a new house. Boxing day started in the middle of December and is still ongoing for me. I have done nothing but pack boxes and unpack …