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Lexi, you are wise beyond your years! I did, and still agree that grammar and spelling is slipping amongst youth.  But it's likely not much better for a lot of adults as well. And yes, I'm wearing my poppy, and have been wearing it at school.  Only one of my students has also been wearing...

I understand that, and agree.  Spell checkers are all that is evil and wrong! But what I had issue with was youravatar stating that he/she is 15 and "in the Army".

My apologies, I may have jumped the gun a bit with my earlier comment. However, if Canada were ever stretched to the point where we needed to start employing reservists as regular soldiers, it would be quite probable that younger troops would still be employed, just likely in a domestic role...

I couldn't agree more Rounder. And since when did they start letting 15 year olds into the Army?  At least I think that's what youravatar was inferring.

Age is irirrelevant.  You join the CF, they decide you're needed, you go.

Is that really true?  What are you basing this on?  Or is that just what you have perceived first-hand?  I can't say that I've seen the same thing.

Not everyone wants to join the CF, but then why should they have to?  I don't have any interest in becoming a real Garbageman, but I doubt that the Waste Processing Engineer Society website is lamenting that fact. Everyone has different goals & interests.  I don't think that's necessarily a...

The Unknown Soldier made it to #21.  Nice to see.

Wow, I feel great.   Nice to see that communities value the teachers who are trying to do the best they can with what little they have.   Nothing I like better after a long day at work dealing with potheads and slackers than a good old fashioned kick in the junk.   But what would I know, I'm...

Interesting discussion we have going on here. I am 110% in favour of this ban, and think it needs to be extended to include High Schools.  Yes, junk food is available across the street.  But guess what, teenagers are generally lazy.  If you make them have to go outside (especially in winter) to...

Here's the WWI re-enactor I was refering to (David Morris): http://www.historycomesalive.ca/ He does quite a range of Canadian characters, and employs several actors.  The performer we had in (Mackenzie Gallagher) to do WWI did an excellent job, and I've received nothing but great feedback...

Fair enough.  Maybe I over-estimated the potential of this movie just a bit (or a hell of a lot). I heard they had puppets of Bush & Kerry made up and didn't use them.  I'd like to see what they had originally planned for them.  I think this site does them both justice: http://www.jibjab.com/

I find it hillarious that McCallum is taking money from a department that he ran less than a year ago.  I hope he's slapping himself on the wrist in his office.

I wasn't overly impressed with the movie.  Probably because I went in expecting a very political commentary.  There is some of that in the movie, but it's more about potty humour and cheap laughs.  Don't get me wrong, I can enjoy this kind of humour, but it just wasn't what I had hoped for from...

Thanks, that's great to hear.  At $3/student, it's money well spent.  The main guy runs the whole operation, but actually employs a few actors since it's gotten so popular.  Nothing better than experiential learning in my mind.  Now if I could just get that ink stain off of my Robert Borden...

Time to chime in as a resident history teacher. I've got a gang of grade 10's, and am just launching in to WWI right now.  Let me tell you, it's a much easier sell than our previous unit on turn of the century issues (immigration, french/english divide and women's rights).  I would say that the...

Four blades can mean four times the irritation.  Try a razor with fewer blades and see if it makes any difference. 

Civil Air Patrol Cadets are the equivalent on the air side.  Not sure about Army though.

Our subs are diesel-electric, and therefore need to snorkel regularly to allow air for the diesels.  This pretty much prohibits anything but nuclear subs (or icebreakers) from patrolling iced-over areas.

I was shocked when I recently found out what passes for history and geography in other provinces.  In Ontario, Canadian Geography is a required grade nine course, and Canadian History is required in grade 10.  This is in addition to a required half-credit grade ten Civics course.  Still not...