Although I make no claim to psychic powers, I can pretty safely predict someone who will soon lose her job. Her name is Dina Mayr, a teacher in the York Catholic District School Board. Ms. Mayr, a 23-year teacher with the board, has taken public exception to York’s refusal
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Politics and its Discontents: Catholic Love
I offer the following without comment, except to say that it is incredible that in the 21st Century, we still have so many benighted people amongst us. Read only until you feel your gag reflex starting to kick in: Police were called in to deal with angry parents after
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: A Teacher’s Truth Costs Her Her Job
It seems to me that any school should feel very lucky to have a teacher of Kristen Ostendorf’s character and courage. Totino-Grace Catholic High School in Minnesota is not one of those schools: Recommend this Post
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: A Victim of Bullying Speaks Out
I have a confession to make: I’m a survivor of bullying. Educated in the Catholic elementary and secondary high school system, it was common for me to be the target of verbal harassment that questioned my worth as a human being and physical abuse in the form of sudden and
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