These and Those

Memorizing facts is not considered a complete education. Children need to think critically and gain the skills to succeed in school and in life. To achieve this, educational tools are required that positively impact the learning curve and help students develop lifelong learning skills that are needed in today’s competitive job marketplace. There are common core lesson plans available that are an integrated resource for the common core standards in English language arts and mathematics for children from kindergarten through 12th grade. Teachers can help students by understanding the common core resources. Their English instruction can be standard-based and integrated with history, social studies, science and technical subjects. With these resources, teachers will be able to align their existing curriculum with the required standards and develop assessments that are compatible with the common standards. Teachers from every grade level can work together to plan effective classroom instruction. Learning will be accelerated because it is vertically aligned from grate-to-grade as well as on different campuses. Students gain comprehension and understand the main idea of material that they have experienced by reading, hearing and viewing. They learn to summarize ideas in their own words and take tests that require them to answer by stating the steps of the required skill or summarizing the content in their own words. The curriculum is available that motivates students in math and vocabulary learning as well as reading. There are assessments that measure the student’s thinking skills, leadership skills and understanding of information in a variety of topics.

This country indeed  has plenty of opportunities for its residents and everyone living here. For us as newcomers here, we have so many options to choose from. If we (hubby and I) choose to upgrade our credentials, we can always do so anytime, we even qualify for the student loan program. What’s good about it too is that with the student loan program, even our living expenses can get covered. Like in my case, even if I don’t work for certain number of months because I am in school, I will still be getting almost the same amount that I earn. Aside from the student loan program, there are many courses offered for newcomers like learning English, French, computer classes and others that are for free.

While talking to someone who’s a native here, she asked me how I find Canada. Of course I told her that it’s a very beautiful country/place, a very nice place to raise a family and so on and so forth. It is indeed true and even though our start here was kind of rough and even till now, we are adjusting and learning the byways of living here, we are actually doing good here.

We may not be able to practice our professions yet, but maybe in the near future, we will. My hubby and I are taking one step at a time and looking into the many opportunities that are just waiting for us to discover and tap.

I’ve been feeling very bloated lately. I’ve watched my food intake though but I still feel so heavy. I’ve also noticed that some of my pants have become tighter, so that means I have gained weight. Oh my! This does not sound so good.

I think sleeping very late is also a factor of my recent weight gain and I don’t want it go on. When I was younger, I was anorexic and because of this feeling now, I feel like I am back to being one. I feel so fat and every time I see curvy moms in the store, I feel more insecure with my body. Plus most of the mommy friends I know are into losing weight these days and I think I am the only one left, that makes me feel more bad for myself.

With this heavy and bloated feeling is fatigue. I am always tired and lethargic and it’s like I don’t have the enthusiasm anymore, even to write a sensible post. Although, I am thankful to God each day and every morning that I am able to wake up and still see the sun, but the endless chores, routines, work and every thing around me just fills my 24 hours and keeps me busy.

I hope that this bloated feeling will go away because it makes me sluggish and I don’t like that, my day isn’t productive if I am that. Anyway, I pray that it will really go away soon…