I recently spent a week in Ottawa at an educational conference and unlike our leaders the capital city did not disappoint. I have been looking forward to visiting Ottawa for many years but for some reason I have not been able to convince my wife that Ottawa in March can be as nice as Mexico, just different. So when my school asked if anyone was interested in attending a conference in Ottawa being a dedicated educational professional I jumped at the opportunity.
The history of the city, the educational, cultural and historical attractions and just being in the middle of the workings of our government was pretty cool, not to mention there is an Irish pub every block. Ottawa is definitely a place that every Canadian should visit if only to see where many of our tax dollars go and that bilingualism might not have been such a bad idea. However, perhaps the best example of Ottawa as a government town is the fact that they built their hockey arena 18 miles from downtown in a different city (Kanata). It might have been a 45 minute bus ride but at least the Senators won, they even took it to a shootout so we got our money's worth.
Not only was the trip a great personal experience and one more thing to scratch off my life list, it also did fire me up a great deal as a teacher. Sure the conference was fine but being a social studies teacher and getting to visit the Parliament buildings, the War Museum and the Museum of Civilization my mind was racing with new ideas for my classes. I have also decided that when I grow up I really want to be a Senator.
2 comments:
Man, you actually rode a bus 45 min. and paid good money to watch the Senators play??!! Their supposed to be 'drunk-with-power' in Ottawa Lewis, not just plain drunk. However, I'm glad you got to see Ottawa and the history/stories it tells. I would love to go one day too as I can only imagine how it would bring much of what we do in our classrooms to life in a new way. Sounds great...and I really hope you meant you wanted to be a 'politically appointed lackey' over a player.
The Senate is not for everybody... it's supposed to be the Chamber of SOBER Second Thoughts. What would happen if we got rid of the Senate? What would happen if the Senate consisted of a few Socials teachers from PG?
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