Parents Love of Education and Philosophy

By: Ellen Roseman  of the Toronto Star

How I honoured my parents’ love of education - thestar.com

"In my case, I was a liberal arts student who stumbled into a philosophy class and was entranced. After getting my BA, I left my home in Montreal to take a master’s degree in philosophy at the University of Toronto...

"Today, philosophy classes fill up quickly at the university’s three campuses. Students want to learn how to think logically and analyze clearly – skills that will help them in any career they choose.


“We’re more popular than ever,” Ainslie tells me. “Philosophy is the ideal preparation for almost anything in the contemporary world. You learn how to make a persuasive case for your position.”......

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Divorced parents ordered to read books and write summaries by Justice David Price , #fb

Ontario Superior Court Justice David Price told the separated couple, who are bickering over money and access to children, that the books “may improve their ability to communicate and resolve some of the issues that are troubling them.”


The couple has until Nov. 30 to read the books and provide “proof they have done so, together with the one-page summary, for each book, of one insight that they have gained from it and one strategy, if any, they are prepared to adopt based on it.”

http://www.thestar.com/news/article/882776--judge-orders-warring-parents-to-read-report-on-three-books

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Lord Illume my heart with your light

Lord illume my heart with your light

Daily Notes: Learn about the issues, be part of the solution .....

Daily Notes: Learn about the issues, be part of the solution .....: "Toronto Community Foundation http://www.tcf.ca/index.html"

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A person's true nature, #fb

If in the darkness of ignorance,you dont recognize a person's true nature, look to see whom he has chosen for his leader. -Rumi, Mathnawi [IV, 1640

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The Jane bus became a global village

Fiorito: The Jane bus and the vale of tears
"It was as if the Jane bus had become a mobile village, and each of us had a stake in the raising of that boy; our future depended on him, and if we let him learn to be a problem now, he’d be a problem for the rest of our lives......

Joe Fiorito

Joe is a great observer of the minutiae of the city's underbelly. He is a masterful storyteller.

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Sainthood

• DiManno: Long, winding road to sainthood
• DiManno: Sainthood's not for sissies
• DiManno: The long, strange road to sainthood
• Medical miracles a must for saints
• DiManno: Miracles and saints find room in Rome

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Learn about the issues, be part of the solution .. #fb

Toronto Community Foundation
http://www.tcf.ca/index.html

Brain cancer tied to heavy cellphone use, says author

http://www.healthzone.ca/health/newsfeatures/article/870363--brain-cancer-tied-to-heavy-cellphone-use-says-author

Children are vulnerable for three reasons. Their skulls are thinner so signals can penetrate deeper. Their brains contain more fluid; the more fluid, the more affected by microwave radiation. Finally, the brains of children continue to develop and grow. We know from modern neuroscience that their brains are not fully mature until their mid-20s, and later for boys than girls.

• Kid caution: Children, especially preadolescents, should use land lines when possible and cellphones only for essential purposes, limiting the length of calls to five or 10 minutes and using headsets, according to a Toronto Public Health advisory in 2008. Health officials in Britain have also discouraged cellphone use by children and have urged the industry not to market their products to children

Video preview: Is multiculturalism fantastic or a failure?

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/time-to-lead/multiculturalism/video-preview-is-multiculturalism-fantastic-or-a-failure/article1735384/

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Our children may learn about heroes of the past. Our task is to make ourselves architects of the future..-Jomo Kenyatta