“Then some children were brought to Him so that He might lay His hands on them and pray; and the disciples rebuked them. But Jesus said, ‘Let the children alone, and do not hinder them from coming to Me; for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.’”...
“My son, do not forget my teaching, But let your heart keep my commandments; For length of days and years of life And peace they will add to you." (Proverbs 3:1-2 NASB)It was a hard decision to leave my grade 2 classroom in northern Ontario and move to warmer...
Last Friday I told a story that happened in my first school in southern Ontario. After two years at this school, the entire French Immersion program was transferred to a different building, where the school was shared between an all-French school for French-Speaking...
One year, while teaching at the combined French-speaking/French Immersion school, I had a very interesting student in my class. He never did any homework, and he liked to destroy anything and everything, especially the work done by other students. As you can imagine,...
For all practical purposes, it was an ordinary day in the life of a Grade 7 teacher. My classroom was full of 30 French Immersion students, all eagerly working to do their best. Then I heard the page: "Mr. Chaffart, you have a phone call in the office." Puzzled,...
This wasn't anything that could strike terror in my heart more than the news of an upcoming teacher's strike, and when this particular strike was actually illegal, it made me very upset. I didn't feel comfortable striking in the best of times, but there was no way my...
Last week I told the story of how an illegal teacher’s strike led to my principal and his family all coming to know the Lord, as well as opening the door for a Bible club in an elementary public school.Being allowed to have a bible club, however, isn’t quite the same...