KyMcWriterMay 13, 20204 minWho Are You?Imposter syndrome is a thing. It’s not just a thing for people who suck and wish they were awesome. It’s a thing that makes everyone thin...
KyMcWriterMay 6, 20204 minJoy is ContagiousCan you imagine if someone had told you at Christmas time, that by the time spring came we would be living in fear-based suspended animat...
kymcwriterApr 29, 20204 minWhat is a School?Have I mentioned that I hate trying to teach on-line? Mentioned that everyday feels like a failure? If you think that I am posting daily ...
kymcwriterApr 22, 20204 minYou Can Say NoOnce upon a time people talked with each other in the streets. Friends met and hugged and shared tea and cookies. People held celebration...
kymcwriterApr 15, 20204 minFighting RealityI had an epiphany on the weekend. I can’t remember exactly what I was doing, but I think I had just read something sad. Something sad and...
kymcwriterApr 8, 20205 minWhen It's Too MuchI hate today. It’s been one stupid thing after another and I am done. I don’t want to do anything. This new world is insane and I’m tired...
kymcwriterApr 1, 20204 minManaging Your Kids in the Time of CoronavirusYou and your kids are on the same team. I suggest that since homeschooling is now pretty much mandatory you think about adopting this as ...
kymcwriterMar 24, 20205 minBusy Work or Learning? You Get to Decide.Teaching your kids from home, doesn’t mean trying to turn your home into a school. You can adopt a school style schedule, you can send yo...
kymcwriterMar 18, 20204 minHome With Your Kids? Here's the Plan.It might not be the end of the world, but, it’s March and suddenly your kids are at home for the foreseeable future. Not only that, but t...
KyMcWriterMar 10, 20203 minPanic is not a Cure for the CoronavirusThe Coronavirus isn’t a race based illness. I feel like some news stories should lead with this tidbit of information. It is true that th...
KyMcWriterMar 4, 20203 minA Jumble of Fragmented ThoughtsI wish I had something brilliant to say. I would dearly love to write words that would make you contemplate the impossible, the inevitabl...
KyMcWriterFeb 26, 20204 minValue, Acceptance and the Mighty 4I would love to be writing about Skye and Pin Jun again this week. Explaining about Pin Jun’s struggles to accept that she could be falli...
KyMcWriterFeb 19, 20205 minWhy time mattersI’m not great with timelines. I can’t tell you what year I graduated or how old I was when I moved to Winnipeg. I mean I could, but I wou...
KyMcWriterFeb 12, 20204 minWhat Happened to Human Rights?It is a problem when I expect more from the students in my class than I can expect from the government of my country. I expect the kids I...
KyMcWriterFeb 5, 20203 minThe Life of the FictionalGuilt is a strange thing. I’m not sure if other writers feel guilt about what happens to their characters, but for me it is something tha...
KyMcWriterJan 29, 20207 minEnergetic Amputation“Thank you for taking the time to see me Mr. Prime Minister. I really believe that the technology I’m going to show you today could have ...
KyMcWriterJan 22, 20203 minThe boogeyman is actually stressWhy do people think that their world is more dangerous now than it was thirty years ago? Last time I checked, there were no wars in Canad...
KyMcWriterJan 15, 20203 minThou Shalt Not KillCall me old fashioned, but I don’t think that people should kill each other. Especially on purpose. I’m not particularly versed on the te...
KyMcWriterJan 8, 20202 minThe Deception of PerfectionIf I were to write a thesaurus (which is not actually on the list of writing projects that I hope to fulfill), I would make perfection a ...
KyMcWriterDec 31, 20193 min20/20 Vision for a New YearThe calendar tells me that another year is about to start. This time, it is not just another year, it is a whole new decade. (Does that m...