{"id":8319,"date":"2021-03-22T17:16:59","date_gmt":"2021-03-22T21:16:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?p=8319"},"modified":"2021-04-15T06:36:10","modified_gmt":"2021-04-15T10:36:10","slug":"episode-292-my-last-class-at-parkdsle-c-i-1999-bigger-pictre-more-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?p=8319","title":{"rendered":"EPISODE 292 MY LAST CLASS AT PARKDSLE C. I….1999 (BIGGER PICTRE, MORE KIDS)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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From: <\/b><\/span>ALAN SKEOCH <alan.skeoch@rogers.com<\/a><\/a>>
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Subject: <\/b><\/span>Fwd: EPISODE 292 MY LAST CLASS AT PARKDSLE C. I….1999<\/b>
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Date: <\/b><\/span>March 22, 2021 at 5:03:28 PM EDT
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To: <\/b><\/span>Alan Skeoch <alan.skeoch@rogers.com<\/a><\/a>>
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From: <\/b><\/span>ALAN SKEOCH <alan.skeoch@rogers.com<\/a><\/a>>
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Subject: <\/b><\/span>EPISODE 292 MY LAST CLASS AT PARKDSLE C. I….1999<\/b>
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Date: <\/b><\/span>March 22, 2021 at 4:22:10 PM EDT
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To: <\/b><\/span>Marjorie Skeoch <marjorieskeoch@gmail.com<\/a><\/a>>, “alan.skeoch@bell.net<\/a><\/a>” <alan.skeoch@bell.net<\/a><\/a>>, John Wardle <john.t.wardle@gmail.com<\/a><\/a>>, Parkdale Collegiate Alumni Association <info@parkdalecialumni.com<\/a><\/a>>, “marilyn.holmes” <marilyn.holmes@rogers.com<\/a><\/a>>
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EPISODE 292   MY LAST CLASS AT PARKDALE C. I\u2026.1999<\/p>\n

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alan skeoch<\/div>\n
March 2021<\/div>\n

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Time has a habit of slipping by.  One year to the next.  No way to slow it down except<\/div>\n
possibly by this current pandemic.   Isolation slows us all down which is not a bad<\/div>\n
thing.  Gives us time to asses our lives and maybe discover what is  really important\u2026the<\/div>\n
single grain of wheat among the chaff as it were.<\/div>\n

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By chance I came across this picture of my last class.  Our union, OSSTF, send a<\/div>\n
photographer to see if I was laying down on the job.  Retiring before really retiring.<\/div>\n
I was caught\u2026lying horizontal on my desk while my class did whatever they<\/div>\n
wanted to do.  Guess what they decided?  They decided to lean on me!  I think there<\/div>\n
is a song about that.<\/div>\n

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Now take a moment to look at each face.  By now these kids are 22 years older.  Most are likely married with kids of their own.<\/div>\n
It is comforting to feel that our country is in such good hands.<\/div>\n

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alan skeoch<\/div>\n
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