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3 Feb 2026 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
Performing with My Form Class on Children’s Day “I signed all of you up to perform for the Children’s Day concert,” I announced excitedly to my form class, 3 Stalwart, on the first day of Term 3 in 2019. I immediately caught the attention of 39 stude...
3 Feb 2026 2 minute read 3 comments floc1960
I have been using Linux on my Lenovo for years. I appreciate its logic, its robustness, and the fact that it is open source. It is a tool that many schools and universities now include in their programs as a symbol of "technological innovation." But...
26 Jan 2026 1 minute read 2 comments floc1960
We all know by now that traditional bank savings systems no longer work. Their interest rates barely keep up with inflation, effectively eating away at our hard-earned money over time. Yet, our education system continues to prepare us to be good empl...
24 Jan 2026 4 minute read 0 comments Andy Savage
A Revelation! Find out what school really means. You will be surprised. This isn't an article about linguistics. It is an article about why we hate learning things we would otherwise love. It is about the "Barocracy"—the rule of the heavy, the dull,...
23 Jan 2026 3 minute read 1 comment Nathan Payne
I met a guy recently who had never heard of Miles Davis. He is a classically-trained violin player in his early 30s, and we were talking about music and I said something about Miles Davis. The name didn't register with him at all. I was surprised,...
10 Jan 2026 1 minute read 0 comments Krisz Rokk
LITERACY. You scroll through mud, looking for a briefing, only to realize that power lies inside your meaning. Enveloped in miracles, you turn nuances and words into picturesque fables, inviting the mind to relax and elicit translucent dreams. The ab...
31 Dec 2025 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
Everyone posts about their kid’s first day in Primary One but no one posts about his child’s last day in kindergarten. Until Sensei comes along as well. “Mixed feelings” doesn’t begin to cut it. Moments like this make me happy to be Chinese. Because...
30 Dec 2025 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
I have been trying to whittle down the photos in my phone to below 2000 this December. But it has been hard since every other day finds me taking random shoots of my kids. In this case, the Japanese saying 一期一会 is a hindrance because I keep swip...
19 Dec 2025 4 minute read 2 comments Investigator515
A quick look inside the PCBway design and production process. Join the PCBWay Christmas promo & earn welcome bonuses with this link. Over the last few years, small-scale design programs have become easier than ever to implement. However, while manu...
10 Dec 2025 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
Gong! The giant bell tolled majestically through the chilly night and into my living room. The Japanese celebrate the new year one hour earlier than us, so while my countrymen were still waiting for 2019 with baited breath, I had ushered it alongside...
