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Luke Miller
Dec 23, 20221 min read
Lost in translation
“But goodies, what is a ‘but goodie’?” I asked the cashier at the local pharmacy where Olive, Hazel, and I attempted to fill a Christmas...
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Luke Miller
Dec 16, 20221 min read
Find the ‘right’ place
Certain places have the ability to bring out the best in us. The people, energy, layout, lighting etc, all come together to make us...
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Luke Miller
Dec 9, 20221 min read
OpenAI… Google on steroids
I just spent the last ten minutes trying to stump the OpenAI chat bot, or more specifically seeking solutions to the most relevant...
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Luke Miller
Dec 2, 20221 min read
Task Saturation
One of my pilot heroes, Dick Ruttan, shared a concept that has stuck with me for life, the ‘task saturation box’. As humans we have the...
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Luke Miller
Nov 25, 20221 min read
Because he first loved us
I love the keepsake we bought at the fundraising auction for the Catholic School where Olive attended grade one. A group craft consisting...
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Luke Miller
Nov 18, 20221 min read
Nothing beats FUN
Adult life has an unsavoury tendency to always resort back to serious. Humans created paper deadlines, layer upon layer of bureaucratic...
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Luke Miller
Nov 11, 20221 min read
Redundancy
It took a furnace failure on a -20 Celsius Sunday to remind me of the importance of building redundancy into our lives. As soon as the...
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Luke Miller
Nov 4, 20221 min read
The solution may be closer than you think
My Filson water bottle was taken out of rotation months previous due to a damaged handle that was making it hard to carry around. I had...
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Luke Miller
Oct 28, 20221 min read
What could go right?
Parent teacher interviews tend to be a stressful time for teachers and parents. Both sides feel that they are being judged. One side for...
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Luke Miller
Oct 21, 20221 min read
There is always an opportunity cost
I pointedly avoided a meeting recently where ten teachers deliberated around a table for over half of an hour regarding one student and...
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Luke Miller
Oct 14, 20221 min read
Connect before Content
As part of our onboarding with a new school board, we engaged in some Indigenous learning. The Indigenous leader took us through a...
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Luke Miller
Oct 7, 20221 min read
YouTube Education
I noticed a grade 9 student crocheting in the hallway at school and was immediately brought back to my youth where my granny would be...
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Luke Miller
Sep 30, 20221 min read
Throw a High Five
My most successful eras of teaching always coincided with the most ‘high fives’ thrown. I recall a period of time where I would high five...
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Luke Miller
Sep 23, 20221 min read
Putting the first things first
“When I hear you talk about your daughters it makes me feel like crying… I wish I had a dad like you.” were the words a student told me...
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Luke Miller
Sep 16, 20221 min read
Teaching and weightlifting, close cousins
I’ve been noticing lately that joy from the most meaningful things is often only felt in the afterglow. It was a challenging week of...
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Luke Miller
Sep 9, 20221 min read
On the horizon
Karina booked our summer Vacation for 2023 a couple weeks ago. A sweet VRBO on Vancouver Island, followed by a reunion in Salt Spring....
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Luke Miller
Sep 2, 20221 min read
Lost in bureaucracy
I felt like smashing the computer as I failed my third attempt at the OH&S (occupational health and safety) quiz teaching me how to lift...
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Luke Miller
Aug 26, 20221 min read
Paraverbal
During a ‘Non-violent’ crisis intervention training this week (basically how to diffuse tense student situations without hurting anyone),...
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Luke Miller
Aug 19, 20221 min read
Generosity, the anxiety antidote
My anxiety was running high this week as I tried to prioritize the plethora of tasks required to get my new teaching assignment ready to...
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Luke Miller
Aug 12, 20221 min read
Feedback please
I was impressed with the instantaneous feedback buttons on the hand dryer in the washroom at the Vancouver airport. “Satisfied with the...
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