There is no argument more useless than the one that begins with the words
But I thought we had an agreement.
Day: October 29, 2005
Respect
My sister Anne and my friend Nancy each reached significant educational milestones in the last little while. (My sister also got married, which is an accomplishment in its own right.) Anne received her Masters of Public Administration degree two weeks ago; Nancy did her one better by earning her Ph.D. in Medical Biophysics.
Needless to say, I’m incredibly proud of both of them.
Respect
[Being] in court this week got me wondering if the same amount of respect Canadians show their judges was passed on to that other hugely important field — education. […] But if the culture we lived in encouraged students — and parents — to show admiration and added respect for the weight of the responsibility teachers carry on their shoulders, maybe we would all be a better society for it.