September 29, 2010, 11:45 pm
This year the Saskatoon Public School board has implemented an new and more friendly way of marking. No deduction for assignments handed in late, and of course no consequences for plagiarism. It’s no wonder kids are growing up thinking that they are not accountable for their actions. During a radio interview of an “educational expert”, he hoped that all Saskatchewan schools would become enlightened and start using this report card system.
Once again common sense and reason have left the building. In the real world, that we all live in, our jobs demand timeliness and accountability. Without it what would get done? There already is an understanding that each student’s situation may be different and they may have a good reason for handing in an assignment late. If a student is sick or a family emergency occurs, most Saskatchewan teachers are more than fair, and already take special circumstances into account.
What about all the students who did take the time to finish the assignment on time. This type of marking is completely unfair to them. It is unfair to all the students. How will they understand that in university or college plagiarism will get you a zero and possibly kicked out?
We should teach them the fundamentals of life during school, including what is expected and required to get good grades. This learned behaviour will then translate into real world success later on in life.
August 28, 2010, 12:57 am
Here are some new statistics released about gambling in Saskatchewan.
- On average in 2008, each person in Saskatchewan contributed $830 to the province’s gambling revenue.
- At the previously mentioned $830, the province of Saskatchewan earns the most revenue per capita in a given year than any other province with the national average being $520.
- The Saskatchewan government earned $643 million in gambling revenue in 2008.
- In 2007, gambling revenue accounted for 5.8% of overall revenue in the province.
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January 17, 2010, 10:06 pm
 For years now I’ve been buying the same numbers on lottery tickets. It’s one of those things that once you start, you can never stop. Because, if you don’t buy a ticket and your lucky numbers do come up, I’m not sure how a person would deal with it.
Saskatchewan’s newest millionaires are a couple from Grayson. It’s always nice to see some regular, hard working, Saskatchewan folks winning a huge amount of money. I’m sure they will use it enjoy their retirement even more.
I am always puzzled when some people say that they would continue working after they won the lottery. How many people actually follow through on this delusional statement. If I were to win, I would have to leave my job. I would find a hobby of some sort to keep busy, but I know that it wouldn’t be the regular daily grind.
So, like so many other people in Saskatchewan I’ll keep buying those tickets hoping my early retirement comes soon, so we can end up like that lucky Grayson couple.
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