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I was impressed with first episode of CBC TV’s This Is High School
/9 Comments/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillUpdate Click here to watch the First Episode: Grade Nine is the Worst Year > [end of update] I was impressed with the first episode of This Is High School, a TV series that the CBC Media Centre (see link in the sentence you are now reading) describes as follows. The episode, which I learned of […]
Humber River Walk begins at 10:30 am on Sunday, Oct. 18, 2015. MCHS ’60s Reunion Brunch begins at 11:00 am.
/2 Comments/in MCHS 2015 Reunion, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillClick on each image to enlarge it; click again to enlarge it further Please let Jaan Pill know – at jpill@preservedstories.com or by text at 416-722-6630 – if you plan to attend the MCHS ’60s Reunion Brunch at Old Mill Toronto, at $35 a person. We need to let the Old Mill Restaurant know – by […]
As a retired teacher, I do not support the current labour disruptions by Ontario teachers
/0 Comments/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillAs a retired teacher, I do not support the strikes and work disruptions by Ontario teachers. Here is my take on things. Governance issues at the Toronto District School Board The larger context we are dealing with is being addressed, at one level, by an expert panel that is leading Toronto District School Board consultations, […]
1960s-era documentary films by the Maysles brothers and The Meaning of Human Existence (2014)
/0 Comments/in MCHS Stories, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillThis post is concerned with 1960s-era films by Albert and David Maysles. The post also appears as an update to an earlier post entitled: The Meaning of Human Existence (2014) I’m posting the update as a separate item in order to bring attention to it. I’ve also edited the original update and added links. In […]
Article from David Godley regarding Jersey, Channel Islands
/0 Comments/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillThe following text is from David Godley of Long Branch (Toronto). Jersey, Channel Islands By David Godley The Channel Islands (Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney and Sark) became part of Normandy when they were annexed by Vikings in 933. In 1204 King John ceded Normandy back to the French but the Channel Islands chose to stay in […]
Do you recall the Oka crisis?
/2 Comments/in MCHS Stories, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillWe know a fair amount is know about human memory – what it is, how it works, and how sometimes it fails us. Among other things as Daniel L. Schacter (2001) notes, memory is subject to blocking, misattribution, bias, persistence, and suggestibility. Two good sources, among others, about what research has revealed about memory are […]