Episodes
Friday Oct 14, 2022
The Prosthetic Teacher - 6CR #170
Friday Oct 14, 2022
Friday Oct 14, 2022
- Impact on education
- Dress codes for teachers
- Regular vs oversize prosthetics
- Any supporters?
- Education system
Video Podcast: https://youtu.be/5Qengvzor0M
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Produced by Madden Mitchell Media
Song from our intro: Sho Baraka - Pedantic
Related episode: #166
References:
Oakville Teacher Shocks Students by Wearing Huge Prosthetic Breasts to Shop Class
Ontario School Board Defends Teacher's Right to Wear Massive Prosthetic Bust at Work
clip: School Board Trustee interview
True North reporting from Sept 23, 2022 protest
Halton District School Board - press release - RE: identity of wrong teacher
Oakville teacher wrongly named in viral online posts, news reports: school board
https://www.albertaparentsunion.ca/
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Friday Oct 25, 2019
Decoding the Dress Code with Jenna Nicoloff & Ayesha Madden - 6CR #58
Friday Oct 25, 2019
Friday Oct 25, 2019
The Toronto District School Board updated the student's dress code as of Sept 2019. The recent changes allow students to now wear hats, hoods, crop-tops and spaghetti straps. Darnell & Joel discuss the role of dress codes with Ayesha Madden & Jenna Nicoloff. The conversation covers the following topics:
- Impact of dress codes on students
- First impressions & dressing to impress
- Modesty
- Teaching young people how to dress
- Consequences of how you dress
- Being overdressed vs underdressed
- Professional dress codes
https://www.sixcentsreport.com/
References:
TDSB revises its dress code and the rules are not what you might remember
The Best and Worst Outfits From the 2019 NBA Draft
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Friday Jul 05, 2019
Economics for Journalists - 6CR #42
Friday Jul 05, 2019
Friday Jul 05, 2019
The Fraser Institute hosted their Economics for Journalist conference at the beginning of June 2019. Darnell was one of 25 participants selected to attend. Darnell & Joel have a conversation breaking down the conference and go in-depth on a few of the sessions. Topics include:
- Darnell's experience at the conference
- The Economic Way of Thinking
- Property Rights and the Tragedy of the Commons
- Teaching Kids to share
- Why Good Politics is Bad Economics: Public Choice Theory 101
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Reference Links:
MP Maxime Bernier says Scheer won Tory leadership thanks to ‘fake Conservatives’
Essay: That Which is Seen, and That Which is Not Seen
Audiobook: That Which Is Seen, and That Which Is Not Seen
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Friday Sep 28, 2018
Traditional Sports vs eSports - 6CR #32
Friday Sep 28, 2018
Friday Sep 28, 2018
There is speculation that eSports will surpass traditional sports in the not so distant future. Darnell & Joel discuss their experience with gaming and traditional sports. The conversation covers the following:
- will eSports eclipse traditional sports?
- valuable lessons learned from traditional sports
- dangers of excessive screen time & isolation
- boys developing into men
- learning to process embarrassing experiences in sports
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Reference Articles:
This is Why:Canada's eSports scene is set to explode
Take a look at the average American gamer in new survey findings
HE TOOK THE DEFENDER’S JERSEY OFF!!
Praxeology: The Methodology of Austrian Economics
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Friday Jan 19, 2018
Canada an Education Super Power? - 6CR #9
Friday Jan 19, 2018
Friday Jan 19, 2018
Canada's education scores are declining but the BBC still refers to Canada as an education superpower. Darnell & Joel discuss the status of Canada's education and the merits to the BBC's claim by contrasting with a response article from the Huffington post.
How Canada became an Education Superpower
Canada Has Homework If It Wants To Be An 'Education Superpower'
Reference Articles:
Why Common Core math problems looks so weird
Student Loan Subsidies Cause Almost All of the Increase in Tuition
Equal Opportunity VS Equality of Outcome
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Friday Dec 22, 2017
Maternity vs Paternity Leave - 6CR #6
Friday Dec 22, 2017
Friday Dec 22, 2017
Parental benefits can be extended from 12 months to 18 months as of Dec 3, 2017. Darnell & Joel discuss the merits of the new parental leave options available and the motivations for the change.
Reference Articles:
Maternity & Paternity Leave
Seeking balance as a working dad
Canada introduces 18-month parental leave, but what's the catch?
Jordan Peterson on the psychological impact of mothers going back to work
Employment Insurance maternity and parental benefits
Socialism Counter Argument
Economic Calculation Problem of Socialism
Child Care
Childcare Is Ridiculously Over-Regulated
Regulation and the Cost of Child Care
Child Care and Early Years Act, 2014
Child care rules under the Child Care and Early Years Act, 2014
Employment Insurance
EI surpluses were $3.5 billion in 2014 and $2.2 billion in 2015
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Friday Dec 15, 2017
Ontario's Full Day Kindergarten Program - 6CR #2
Friday Dec 15, 2017
Friday Dec 15, 2017
Ontario schools offer a play based approach as part of their two year full day kindergarten program. Darnell and Joel discuss the kindergarten program and critque the articles released in the summer of 2017 promoting its benefits.
Full-Day Kindergarten Study Evaluation
Reference Articles:
Ontario children gain learning benefits from full-day kindergarten: study
Children gain learning boost from two-year, full-day kindergarten
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