It's so hard for school teachers. Between winter vacation, spring vacation, and a massive summer vacation – how can they find time to strike? And the extra days off – "professional development days" – to say that with a straight face? Wow.
School is like a lotus pond. Beneath the surface is a dark, slimy place. There is boredom, peer pressure, bullying (often, psychologically, by the teachers, who are no longer permitted to beat children, as I was when I suffered through school). There is suicide and evil predators like the diabolical Coquitlam teacher – "Mr. Swirl". Sometimes, a lotus blooms – the child succeeds. For too many, it is a wasted childhood – of droning teachers, useless information, and crappy box lunches.
BCTF – the Federation. The rebels think you're full of it.
– Arnie Carnegie
The other day I was in the Burrard St./Cornwall Ave. area (near the southside end of Burrard Bridge) and the City had finished a 'road/bike-path' construction project in the area. It is absolutely fabulous. I took a little walking tour around the region. The original plan to put a bike-path through the Kitsilano Beach Parks, which I thoroughly protested, was a horrible idea, and what they have done instead is really fantastic, I think.
I can't ride a bike anymore, but a friend of mine who does feels the same way. To be honest, I don't care what 'problems' might have resulted for motorists. Times are a-changing and the time will come, I predict, when mini-electric cars will be the norm. That will certainly reduce some 'problems' and traffic congestion.
The City deserves praise, too, for many things!!!
– A Citizen
To the pompous ass, signed G Pick, who wasted almost half of the Rant/Rave section to admonish those who aren't quite up to his/her grammar and punctuation standards and are therefore idiots, may I remind you Vancouver is a multi-cultural city where for many English is not their first language?
I realize, at this time of writing, the teachers' (gee, I hope I used the apostrophe correctly) strike is still a reality but shouldn't you use your spare time a little more constructively?
Calling those who care for fair working conditions in Third World countries by only using fair trade products 'oh so superior' and 'elitist' tells me what a sorry boar you are. Or is that bore?
– William Muller
