Reaching For A Solution For Our Education

Education, the definition of education according to Merriam webster is knowledge and development resulting from process of education. And that is exactly what education is, it is system and a process that we as a society have developed in order to educate our youth and prepare them for life after school. For me it was […]

The Impact of Influence

This past week I had the opportunity to attend a ski camp with my club but instead of participating as an athlete I went as a coach. For me coaching was actually a lot better than I had thought, the kids really looked up to me and having been an athlete so recently really helped […]

Motivation to Learn

Motivation is something that has always been challenging for me to understand. How do we stay motivated in our every day lives? Whether it’s doing school work, athletics or even getting out of bed, motivation can be hard for us to find within ourselves. Motivation for me has always been brought by interest; if I […]

Frustration To Bring Change To Education

It is now October and I’m sitting in a classroom dreading every day that I have to come to school. I’m filled with frustration more than anything else; it’s been 14 years and I would really just like to move on from this. I have no interest, I’m not engaged and frankly I’m not learning. […]

Why has school always been the same?

I’ve been going to school for 13 years now, a whole lot that I should have learned by now right? Ya well not really. When I look back on my education so far, I can’t really tell you what I’ve learned. I believe I’ve obviously improved upon my english and math skills and maybe even memorized […]

School Needs To Have a Different Purpose

My name is Sean Swayze and I’ve disliked school as long as I remember, School for me has never been something I looked forward to or enjoyed. I grew up in Arnprior, Ontario and attended a public school named AJ Charbonneau. Through public school I was always a pretty average student, I never did […]