Category: everyday learning

12/300: Complete this thought: “I wish I had paid more attention when…”

​12/300: Complete this thought: “I wish I had paid more attention when…” …I was supposed to be…planning for my future?  I don’t know about that.  Wishing I had paid more attention to this or that would be implying I have regrets about something.  Sure, there are things that have happened in my life that I have learned from, events that… Read more →

10/300: What did you get into trouble for the most when you were a kid?

​10/300: What did you get into trouble for the most when you were a kid? “Jennifer is a good student…she does talk a lot.”  I can’t really remember a report card where I didn’t receive this comment. I think this says a lot about the school system. Are students not meant to disrupt class with their own ideas or only… Read more →

Writing Prompt 8/300: Come up with a mathematical formula to express something you know/believe.

​Writing Prompt 8/300: Come up with a mathematical formula to express something you know/believe. Math and I aren’t really good friends. We used to be, like in grade school. But then we drifted apart, at a time that we probably needed each other most.  It is probably because math likes things in right answers and black and white. I tend… Read more →

Writing Prompt 6/300: Write about something presently in your life that is “worth it.”

​Writing Prompt 6/300: Write about something presently in your life that is “worth it.” It would be all to easy to say that my kid is totally worth it. Obviously every second with him is precious. But when I really think about the question of telling a story about something that is quote-unquote worth it, I have to think about… Read more →

Writing Prompt 5/300: Give your city (or town or region) a new name that reflects what kind of place it is, and explain why you chose that name.

​Writing Prompt 5/300: Give your city (or town or region) a new name that reflects what kind of place it is, and explain why you chose that name. Toronto. Turunno. Tdot. The Big Smoke. Hogtown. The 6ix.  The city I was born and raised in. A city I love. A city I call home.  To me Toronto is a place… Read more →