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Daniel Tammet is a linguistic and mathematical savant who speaks 11 languages and memorized over 22,000 digits of pi. He amazed the world by mastering Icelandic in just five days, enough to give TV interviews. Despite his extraordinary mind, Tammet struggles with everyday tasks such as recognizing faces, driving, and telling left from right.

“It is easier to act your way into a new way of thinking than to think your way into a new way of acting.”

Variations on this theme have been around since 1930, but in the end, this phrase encourages you simply to be the person you want to become. It's an important consideration as we get ourselves ready for a new school year. You do you!

This week I finished the Course on Research Ethics. This will allow me to do primary research on humans as part of my thesis. If you fancy the legal side of things, you would find this quite interesting!

I am so stoked about last night’s class. The purpose will be to develop a workable thesis question.

Well, well, well…I began my journey with Ontario Tech University after being accepted into a graduate diploma program in Education and Digital Technology. I loved being back at uni so much I applied for transfer and was accepted into the M.Ed. program. Another term and another change; I have now transferred to an M.A. in Education and will be starting a Research Proposal Seminar next week!
Happy New Year, friends!

Tadaa! I'm pleased to have completed the Pollinator Steward Training through Pollinator Partnership Canada. Thanks to Rox Hayward for being my learning partner on the garden. https://www.wendyfmarsh.com/pollinator-partnership

In celebration of finishing the first badge as Individual Practitioner for Habits of Mind, Bena Kallick (who co-authored a number of books on the HoM with Art Costa), was at the meeting to welcome us along with our facilitator Craig Gastauer.

Well, well, well. After a year of talking about it, I have finally begun to work on certification as an Individual Practitioner with the Institute for the Habits of Mind. I am very excited to begin this journey and will keep you posted with information I have gleaned.

For those who don’t have the Internet at home, the Toronto Public Library has a wifi hotspot lending program. They can be signed out for six months at a time. November 1 is the next availability - first come, first served. Brilliant!

Wi-Fi Hotspots Toronto Public Library's Wi-Fi Lending program provides Wi-Fi hotspots to customers who do not have Internet access at home.

Kudos to Janet Hurley, Senior Writer for the Toronto Star, for digging deeply int what it means to be a teacher in Ontario.

Teachers draw envy and ire over their two-month ‘vacations.’ But do they really get the summer off? — Toronto Star Matthew Morris, a teacher with the TDSB, at Tecumseh Senior Public school in Sscarborough on July 5. He needed to pack up his office after being too busy in June to get it all done.

Language and The Arts are an integral part of identity development. Education is the key. Nice going, Fanshawe!

Fanshawe launching Anishinaabemowin immersion program | CBC News Want to learn to speak Anishinaabemowin? A new, two-year diploma program starts at Fanshawe this fall.