Boundless School Blog
Update # 2; Session One
Dear Boundless Families: Every single student has bought in. Without exception. I started noticing something uncommonly good last night before dinner. Both groups converged on the front lawn just hanging out before dinner. That lawn is probably about 25,000 square...
Session One, Day One Update
Dear Boundless Families: Safe and sound, your kids arrived to a brilliant sky and an exquisite summer breeze that makes you pine to be young again, tasting everything for the first time. For the past 4 hours, their fears and shyness have been eroding like an Arctic...
BRING ON THE WAVE – TRAINING BOUNDLESS STYLE
Over the next 14 weeks, a tsunami of students will be coming to Boundless. We are preparing with diligence as the sun sets on this day 21 of teacher training. Our staffs’ muscles are hardening, and so is their resolve. 3 weeks straight with one to go is a bit of a...
Teacher Training Begins. Soft Skills Can Be Hard
Training is afoot. The Madawaska River is 3 degrees and in flood and you wouldn’t want your kids anywhere near it. There are still a few north facing snow drifts resisting the inevitable. Black flies are waiting in the wings to devour us. 16-hour days of learning...
BOUNDLESS BATTLES THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS
Boundless is not a faith based program, but one can’t ignore one of the most astute aphorisms ever written - the Seven Deadly Sins. These sins are deeply ingrained across all cultures and in all ages. They rear their head at Boundless. Reckoning with them in the...
On the Matter of Digital Addictions
Some of us may know someone whose second cousin’s nephew had turned their video game addiction into gainful employment. These tales do exist. Boundless had a student once who was ranked second in the universe of “World of Warcraft”, winning about 25k a year in...
Hebrew Scholars and the Soup Nazi Weigh In On Disciplining Teens
I am imagining a parenting debate about being punitive with three heavyweights - Rabbi Schmelke, an 18th century Rabbinic sage who touted tolerance; the Soup Nazi, an iconic character in “Seinfeld”, and Rashi, the definitive Hebrew scholar of ancient times. The...
Hey Man, Follow Your Daughter Home
Burton Cummings of the “The Guess Who” sang about the plight of raising teen daughters in the 60’s. Some of the key lyrics are below: “Hey man, follow your daughter home Keep her out of trouble Staying out late in the bar with the bad men Follow your...
A W.E.I.R.D Parenting Conundrum
In describing the socio-economic status of countries, the anthropologist Jared Diamond uses W.E.I.R.D. to define Western, Educated, Industrial, Rich and Democratic nations. Here’s a WEIRD parenting catch-22: the character traits that engender success in today’s...
Hunting For Gems
I am a hunter by nature. This time of year I seek to hire a team of brilliant staff with rare potential to be fantastic educators and role models. It is a labour fit for Hercules - an arduous job because I am so gosh darn picky. Staff currently employed at...