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Canadian—one
of the lucky ones.
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Teacher—35
years in public and my own schools, 35 more to go.
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"School
psychologist"—5 years with Hastings County Board of Education
Special Services, sorting out behaviour problems of teachers, kids
and principals.
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Businessman—over
20 years without missing a meal.
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Principal—in
Ontario for 15 years and State of Maine.
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Learning
Centre founder—helped start 20 centres across North America.
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Life-mate—to
Lynne in all our adventures and misadventures and for all our future
escapades.
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Educational
researcher—25 years of papers and addresses at international
conferences in Canada, the USA and Europe.
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Step-father—to
Paul and Kim, now grown and independent.
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Software
developer—of Mighty Math and Math Tutor, award-winning educational
software published by Scholastic Inc. Sixteen years in the market.
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Writer—16
down, more to come.
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Cook—dishwasher
to demi-chef in hotels and at home since age 15.
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College
teacher—three years at Loyalist, a college of applied arts.
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Wine
maker—heavily-oaked Cabernet Sauvignon from fresh juice a specialty;
my Chardonnay needs work.
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Sailor—sometimes
Captain, generally First Mate of the good sloop "Aloha,"
a 26-ft. Grampian, in and around Lake Ontario. The source of many
a good tale.
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Squash
player and sometimes champion—3 Club "C" championships
over 3 decades, 2 to go.
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Globe
trotter—once around in eight months in 1994/95. Travelled Europe
for several stints from a week to a year. Lived in Switzerland and
France. Ready to go again.
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Political
candidate—for the Ontario Legislature. (Not even a close race,
but thanks for coming out!)
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Ex-monk—a
year in a very quiet cloister to find myself and my values.
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Pit
crew and race marshal—from Formula Ford to Formula 1, Brands
Hatch to Mosport, getting in the way mostly. Another wannabe race
driver.
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Newspaper
editor, intercollegiate debater, Student Council member, St. F-X football
player and student activist—at four university campuses over
10 years.
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Farmer—grew
up milking cows and feeding pigs and chickens.
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Direct
Instruction, Precision Teaching and Behaviour Management trainer and
practitioner—finally found something I was good at.
