Matthew's Thoughts

5 Qualities of a Good Teacher
Not all teachers are created equal. Depending on how you look at it, this is either a good or a bad thing. For me, it sits somewhere in between. Students should experience a variety of teaching personalities. They should

Zen and the Art of Driver’s Ed
This should in no way be connected to that great body of factual information connected to the art of Zen.

The Smallest Things
A Poem in Paragraphs I got off the 401 at Markham Road today. And I’m so used to this

Foreign Language
(A part II to Immigrant Words) I do feel more comfortable describing my father as firstly an immigrant and then a

Immigrant Words
What does it mean to be a Black man with an immigrant father and a white mother raised on Indigenous

In Between The Bell
Students started filling the hallways after the afternoon bell rang. The first one. Shari, Felicia, and Nasir were all singing

Growing Age Gap
One of the more pressing questions I’ve asked myself over the last eighteen months is whether or not the student
My Personal Favorites
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