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MsGledhill retweeted
ATTENTION TO ALL PARENTS WHO NEED TO TELL THE TRUTH ABOUT SANTA 🎅
Son: "Dad, I think I'm old enough now. Is there a Santa Claus?."
Dad: "Ok, I agree that your old enough. But before I tell you, I have a question for you. You see, the “truth” is a dangerous gift. Once you know something, you can't unknow it.
Once you know the truth about Santa Claus, you will never again understand and relate to him as you do now.
So my question is: Are you sure you want to know?"
Brief pause...
Son: "Yes, I want to know"
Dad: "Ok, I'll tell you: Yes there is a Santa Claus"
Son: "Really?"
Dad: Yes, really, but he's not an old man with a beard in a red suit. That's just what we tell kids. You see, kids are too young to understand the true nature of Santa Claus, so we explain it to them in a way that they can understand.
The truth about Santa Claus is that he's not a person at all; he's an idea.
Think of all those presents Santa gave you over the years.
I actually bought those myself.
I watched you open them.
And did it bother me that you didn't thank me?
Of course not!
In fact it gave me great pleasure.
You see, Santa Claus is THE IDEA OF GIVING FOR THE SAKE OF GIVING, without thought of thanks or acknowledgement.
When I saw that woman collapse on the subway last week and called for help, I knew that she'd never know that it was me that summoned the ambulance.
I was being Santa Claus when I did that."
Son: "Oh."
Dad: "So now that you know, you're part of it. You have to be Santa Claus too now. That means you can never tell a young kid the secret, and you have to help us select Santa presents for them, and most important, you have to look for opportunities to help people. Got it?"
Help each other this Christmas🎄🎅 and...be kind ❤
From: LoneRangerTX
santasurfing.locals.com/post…
MsGledhill retweeted
This red banner lists the names of 2,800 children who didn’t make it home from residential schools across Canada. #everychildmatters
MsGledhill retweeted
BREAKING: Premier Doug Ford says his government will completely reverse the Greenbelt land swap decision.
“It was a mistake to open the Greenbelt.”
#Onpoli
MsGledhill retweeted
"It’s a hard truth that some kids live with parents who are homophobic and transphobic; in the worst cases, abusively so. No province should be making policies to forcibly out gender nonconforming kids to these parents." Safe space for all in #onted! thestar.com/opinion/contribu…
MsGledhill retweeted
Giveaway! 🥳 I go back to school this week and, to celebrate, I'm giving away a copy of 7 Mighty Moves! To enter, just like, comment, retweet this post and make sure you follow me. I'll choose a winner Friday, Aug. 18th. Good luck! #7mightymoves @ScholasticEdu
MsGledhill retweeted
I’m calling on the Integrity Commissioner to include Ford’s use of his personal cell phone in his investigation into whether this government breached ethics rules when they opened the #Greenbelt to their developer friends.
You can read more at ontariondp.ca/news/ndp-adds-…
#ONpoli
MsGledhill retweeted
📈📊👨🏫 Use Google Sheets to track student progress and create personalized learning experiences that drive engagement. #googleEDU #StudentEngagement
MsGledhill retweeted
Camp Molly is coming to #Oshawa September 14-17. The free camp will offer a taste of a fire services career for young women and gender diverse teens aged 15 – 18. Submit applications no later than Monday, August 14 on campmolly.ca
MsGledhill retweeted
Your @OntarioNDP Opposition House Leader @john_vanthof is formally requesting the Conservatives recall the Legislature immediately in order to reinstitute Greenbelt protections for the land in question.
#onpoli
MsGledhill retweeted
Today is #EmancipationDay, a national holiday here in Barbados that commemorates the day that slavery ended in the British Empire, including Canada.
This statue is of a man known as Bussa, who led the largest slave revolt in Barbados nearly 20 years before emancipation.
MsGledhill retweeted
This is another, “look at me, I did a thing!” move by @Sflecce, “solving” something that wasn’t a problem, and doesn’t actually help students. #OntEd
Ontario school boards will have to disclose activities for PA days come September
cp24.com/news/ontario-school…
MsGledhill retweeted
A Ford insider developer bought up undevelopable land for $21.5 million.
Then Ford's Conservatives removed it from the Greenbelt.
That same land could now be worth as much as $725 million.
theglobeandmail.com/canada/a… #HandsOffTheGreenbelt #onpoli
MsGledhill retweeted
Local Mermaid Jacy teaches us about water conservation and safety and reads from her picture book "There's a Mermaid in My Bathtub."
Monday, July 10:
11-12 pm, at Cyril Clark
2-3 pm, at Four Corners
Please pick up free tickets 30 minutes before the start of the show.
ALT A woman (Mermaid Jacy) dressed as a mermaid lies on the sand of a beach, with the waves rolling in behind her. She is wearing a long, white wig with a headband across her forehead, a blue and green bikini top, and a purple, blue, green, and orange mermaid tail. She is propped up on her elbows and her hands are crossed underneath her chin. She is smiling.
MsGledhill retweeted
A ‘Special Air Quality Statement’ has been issued for all of Durham as high levels of air pollution are expected to continue Wednesday across the region due to smoke from raging forest fires.#forestfires #airquality #breathing
durhamregion.com/news/listen…
MsGledhill retweeted
Wish you had a printable copy of the new Ontario Language curriculum?? Look no further!
Huge thanks to Marshauna Smith Parkes for creating this printable version of the Language curriculum (and welcoming people to share it, too!)
docs.google.com/document/d/1…
MsGledhill retweeted
The new Ontario Language Curriculum 1-8, aligned with the recommendations of the Ontario Human Rights Commission, has been released online:
dcp.edu.gov.on.ca/en/curricu…
Note the inclusion of K on the Foundations Continuum! 🎉
MsGledhill retweeted
The Vision Board lesson helps students brainstorm what they want to accomplish academically or personally. This is an excellent way to visually represent your goals through a collage of pictures and words!
To access the lesson plan, visit ow.ly/Pzte50Nw0Ek
MsGledhill retweeted
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
‘Greenbelt Files’: Doug Ford’s senior staff discussed changes months before premier’s timeline: thenarwhal.ca/ontario-greenb… – at Port Hope, Ontario
MsGledhill retweeted
Friends. This is happening in Manitoba. More attempts to ban literature, and prevent children from reading important stories. DO NOT STAND FOR IT. Take action. We will not accept banning books. Contact @BrandonMBSD. Write letters. Flood the phone lines. /1
MsGledhill retweeted
BREAKING: Latest on corruption from #Ontario @fordnation voted down an anti-corruption Bill that would slow down the selling off of our assets to conservative insiders. You can’t get more blatant? What exactly is the point of an #IntegrityCommisioner ?