GeekMom Secret Origins: Jeanette Giancaspro
Pens, cassette players, toys, small gadgets. None of these were safe from me when I was a child. I’ve always been fascinated by the way things work, so I’ve always been a take-apart kind of person....
View ArticleGeorge Takei’s Response to TN’s “Don’t Say Gay” Bill
There is a new law trying to be passed in the Tennessee state government that would prohibit teaching about homosexuality in public school. George Takei has an unusual solution if this bill does pass....
View ArticleFrom Parental Leave To Full-Time Work: Calling A Career Into Question
I haven’t worked for almost a year. Summer vacation, then maternity leave, then parental leave. In France, maternity leave is sixteen weeks long (three to six weeks before birth, ten to thirteen weeks...
View ArticleChrista McAuliffe – Teacher, Astronaut, Hero
The Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart just 73 seconds into its flight on January 28, 1986 killing all seven crew members. I was in high school, watching the launch on a cheesy television that I’d...
View ArticleGeekMom Secrets Origins: Delphine Imbert
The word geek does actually exist in French. It’s even pronounced the same. But it came quite late. So did the other words depicting who I am, such as nerd. But there’s a lovely French word for “RPG...
View ArticleEducation Week: First Day Of A New School Year: A Teacher’s Feelings
I clearly remember my mixed feelings, as a student, when came the time of the rentrée (start of the new school year — but for once, that’s easier in French: a single word, a very special one, used by...
View ArticleEducation Week: To Teach or Not to Teach? That is the Question…
I want to be a math teacher when I grow up. (I also want to be a Hurricane Hunter, but that’s for another post.) Back before I became a mother, I used to set elaborate long-term goals…and then medium-...
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Inspiring Teacher: Mister Craig New
Craig New has been inspiring students at Lake Cowichan Secondary School for over two decades, passing on his love of math and science.
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