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Originally Posted by JohnnyB
Out of curiosity, what would you define student success as Slava? I don't have any vote in Calgary, but I'm curious.
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Well within the context of the public education system I use that to mean students completing their diploma within 3 years of beginning grade 10. That is very general though and really what I want to see is more students who are prepared for the "real" world. I always think back to the Adidas commerical that ran during the 2006 world cup where it had crowds cheering for the enormous great soccer star of the future, and pointed out that this child could be born right now. (I'm paraphrasing, but that was the general idea).
Our education system is that way though. Societies innovators and those who will accomplish amazing feats in ten years time are students today. As a society we need to give them the foundation to achieve these goals and give them the tools to realize their full potential.
After re-reading this it all sounds somewhat trite...but that is my opinion and I do think that its very important!
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Originally Posted by Temporary_User
Why didn't you let Bruce know years ago that you knew who he was? 
I don't live in Calgary at the moment, but I looked it up and my mom lives in ward 13, I'll suggest to her to vote for you. |
I am not sure why I didn't tell bruce. No real reason actually. I guess the way that I found out though was through a couple of other posters who are mutual friends (and we were all friends in school, and hung out a lot!). I guess I just kind of figured that word had gotten to him about who I was and such and we just never really connected. I wish I had some great story to tell here, but that is that!
Thanks to CP for their great support thus far!