Sjodin's Blog

Check out this video referred to me by Mr.Williams. If you see him, talk to him about what you might like to change in the world. He is interested. Let me know if you would like to create something similar to this video for an assignment. The word structure is challenging and effective! For posted comments I pose these questions: What do you care about? Why? What attitudes to see portrayed about your generation? What would YOU like to reverse?

Yes, there are folks out there in the wonderful wide world making a living telling stories and performing poetry! Coming soon to the multi-purpose room is Brendan Mcleod , with guests from as far away as the land down under. Stay tuned to hear more about Miles Merrill and other accompanying word wonders! Follow the links to check out their biographies, or plan to see them, and others at the upcoming Vancouver Writer's Festival .

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They're certainly entitled to think that, and they're entitled to full respect for their opinions... but before I can live with other folks I've got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience. ~Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird , Chapter 11, spoken by the character Atticus Re-reading Harper Lee 's novel, To Kill a Mockingbird has me thinking about a few things. For one, the world can use more men like Atticus Finch. Atticus strikes me as a true hero, a man who understands what it means to have integrity . His sense of justice includes being true to his conscience and what it means to do the right thing. Even when the right thing seems to go against the cultural wave . This has to be what he means when he informs his children that his conscience is not controlled by "majority rule". As Atticus's choice to defend Tom Robinson brings change to the "tired old town" of Maycomb, the Ci...

Moscrop has hit the news! Our local CBC has reported that three "disguised" individuals have been running an underground market of chocolate bars, seizing this entrepreneurial opportunity supposedly in response to new legislation that has banned unhealthy foods and snacks from schools. While the interviewed youths chose to identify themselves by pseudonym only, there is little mystery as to who they be in the school. Simply walk down the halls and look for the guys who are standing around making joyful and enthusiastic pleas to check out their fame on the CBC website or the group news on Facebook. I guess one can't blame folks for wanting to make some cash, who doesn't like a little pocket money, or heck, how about a whole lot of pocket money?! I suppose it's your business too, if you want to help make witty underground marketers rich. What's at stake here though? Some might wonder if schools are going to be sweating over how to find that extra bit of...

Not everything that happens in life is fair, and I'm not even certain that "fair" is what makes the most sense in every situation. What I do know though, is that many people over the centuries have worked hard (and continue to today) to ensure that all people are treated with respect and granted equality before the law. It was for this reason Unicef created The Convention on The Rights of the Child . Sadly, these rights are not always respected or protected. What the world needs is socially and personally conscious people;people able, at least sometimes, to voice opinion that goes against the wave. How will you contribute to building and nurturing a just world?