i. When I need to boost my mood or re-focus, I remind myself that I am, in fact, not the poor sod who thought that the core competency curriculum was a good idea. I thought that everything SD43 touches turned into manure like the antithesis to Midas [and what a naïve thought that was to think that the problem had only gone up one level], but now I realize that this curse has befallen the entire BC government. It is now my goal to renounce this singular aspect of the curriculum each and every single time I am told to do it.

ii. Because I know the Core Competency Curriculum can have a negative impact on my opinion of the educational system, I make sure that I get to complain about it at every moment I get to help reduce any problems. – the only way to make sure that I retain even the tiniest smidgen of respect for the Board of Education is to vent all of my frustration to at least one person who is complicit in delivering this filth; doing so will make sure I can not let it out on myself.

iii. How do you learn best? I learn best with a “hands-on” approach – there is no better way to learn how to do an action or learn a concept via either doing that specified action or doing an interactive project that explains the ins-and-outs of said concept, instead of listening to some person drone on and on over some PowerPoint slides.