Before I dive into my second update, let me first translate that title. Let’s start with this song I first heard while watching Emily in Paris. I’ve been listening to Edith Piaf’s La vie en rose this week, and the title itself became a mini French lesson for me. Literally, la vie en rose translates as “life in pink”—though in English we’d say “life through rose-colored glasses.” Here’s the breakdown: la = the (feminine form) vie = life en =…
Big (and important) news! Read all about it! At the start of the 2024–25 school year Saskatchewan introduced new rules restricting cell-phone use during class time across K–12 schools. Quick sketch of the policy The Saskatchewan Government’s website released this news on August 6, 2024. TL;DR? Saskatchewan’s measure asked that cell phones be silenced and kept out of sight during instructional time, with exceptions for medical or special-needs accommodations and for teacher-directed instruction. School divisions are expected to draft local…
I am a proud multilingual learner and educator (and I also hate to admit that ironically, my own native tongue Sindhi is the one I use the least as it is such a minority language). French is the fifth language I want to achieve fluency in. So here’s the big plan: for my major learning project, I’m going all in on my French journey. I actually started Duolingo’s French course back in 2023, and I’ve made it to an intermediate…
Social media and I have always had, well, a complicated relationship. Thanks to the Wi-Fi in my college dorms, I first got internet access in 2013 at the age of 18 (that’s a long story for another time🥲). I didn’t waste a moment and created my Facebook and Instagram accounts right away. I started leaving my digital footprint on Facebook, doing all the silly things a teenager would 😉while only using Insta for lurking. Fun fact: I started using LinkedIn…
Hello and bonjour! 👋 I’m Dishant and my pronouns are they/he/she. I’m a 30-year-old educator originally from India. Before moving to Regina, Saskatchewan in April 2024, I was teaching high school Chemistry and Math in Mumbai, India. My academic background is a bit of a mix — I hold a Bachelor’s in Electronics Engineering, and both a Bachelor’s and Master’s in Chemistry. Right now, I’m pursuing a Master’s in Education (Teaching, Learning, and Leadership) at the University of Regina. Along…