Every year, many children struggle in school. They are eventually assessed, categorized, and labeled as having a learning disability. For some, that label opens doors to support. For others, it quietly reshapes how they see themselves for the rest of their lives. What if the issue is not the child, but the way we understand learning in the first place? The concept of human ability has the power to change how we see our children and ourselves. It is not flashy or inspirational

Intorduction to EmPowermentU Mentoring Gaston Jacques & Senator Chantel Petitclerc Django Reinhardt & Tony Iommi The manager of the sheet-metal factory where Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi lost the tips of two fingers helped him regain his passion for the guitar — by playing an album from the gypsy jazzer Django Reinhardt. As Tony is quoted, “He said: ‘Well, this guy plays with two fingers.’ And that really inspired me to do it,” says Iommi, who’d eventually begin experimenting w

Compliance is not learning, no matter how neatly we package it. Ontario is moving to tie high school grades to attendance. Should Newfoundland and Labrador follow? A VOCM poll suggests 74% of respondents say yes. On the surface, it sounds like accountability. In reality, it risks mistaking compliance for learning. The harder question is the one we keep avoiding: why are students not showing up in the first place? This isn’t a motivation problem. It’s a relevance problem.

April 15, 2026 In Horton Hears a Who, the Sour Kangaroo represents: Cynicism Social pressure Groupthink Mockery of belief in unseen potential Here are some interesting facts about the Rubik's Cube: 🧠 1. It was invented by a Hungarian professor The cube was invented in 1974 by Ernő Rubik as a teaching tool to help explain 3D geometry. 🌈 2. It has an enormous number of combinations A standard 3×3 Rubik’s Cube has about 43 quintillion possible configurations (43,252,003,274,4