Let me back up. I hated high school so much, I eventually became a science standup philosopher. Translation: despite me best efforts to avoid the family tradition, I became a school teacher. Where my dad restricted his experience to elementary school (middle-school aged, 12-14 year olds), I went full ballstothewall high school. 14 to 18+ year olds. The ones who don’t get tried as adults for a VERY good fcuking reason! Reader, I worked in heavy industry for over a decade and a half… trying to avoid the teaching gig. When I was still living in British Columbia, I was getting up at 4 a.m…. bussing to the Vancouver Aquarium… and volunteer teaching in their education labs. Then go to work. Fast-forward another 0.5-1 decade. After all kinds of drama and dissapointment, TS and I abandoned the province and moved back to TS’ home turf. York Mills, Ontario. Into a sketchy appartment tower across from my mother-in-law. I was then working in Vaughn on the production floor — as a reluctant manager. After a paticularily ugly day, I called TS and told her (again) how much I hated my life and my job (as my body started twitching [not good]). Why didn’t become a science teacher, I wailed. I remember TS getting exasperated and telling me… ‘then fucking get on with it!” {{{I’m paraphrasing and undoubtably adding fiction to TS’ actual words… meh}}}. So I did. To anyone that volunteers… pay attention to what you are doing! It might just hint at a vocation that you enjoy and might excell at (ammeteur sports is the exception).
Fast forward again a couple of years. After time at the Glass Tower Of Pedagogical Knowledge (Ontario Institute of Secondary Education/University of Toronto [OISE/UT]), I became a freshly minted high school teacher.
Hey, let me answer the original writing prompt. My favourite course in school. I am going to modify the question and say my favourite course to teach — that would be the LDCC (locally developed credit course) Science 9-10. My absolute favourite lesson set: I promote all of my students to student-electricians… and have them dissect de-energized electronics. Then, they have present (to me or the class) how curriculum matches household items {{{I’m grossly oversimplifying this activity so that I avoid obnoxious and elitist pedagogical jargon, dear reader}}}.
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