unschool review

can you spot the schooled?

Are un-schooling kids different than other kids? We asked some neighbourhood school kids for their opinions.

testing downhill

Thanks to a donated hand-me-down video camera from a family member, we've started playing with the medium once again. This quick little flick is the equivalent of putting a toe in the water (in this case, a toe well ensconced in winter boots into snow) - we hope you enjoy the sentiment, and the marking of the solstice (a momentous occasion if there ever was one)

crime seen

The local daily's crime writer did a youtube search for hamilton police stories: in her story she mentions

[The...] self-righteous cyclists in a Critical Mass rally that began in Hess Village. The cyclists filmed themselves as they rode around city streets, disobeying traffic laws and wreaking havoc for motorists.

We see cops handing out tickets to the group*. Face reality, one officer tells the bunch. Cars are here to stay.

Yep. Cars are here to stay (actually, we never said they weren't): yes sir, cars are out there everyday wreaking havoc for (other) motorists (traffic jams, accidents resulting in thousands of annual fatalities, pollution, noise, drunk drivers, even drivers with dementia.

Disobeying traffic laws? you mean like the 70% of drivers who admit to speeding, or the vehicles who fail to stop at all-way stop signs (most drivers) or who run red lights? or who race other cars and end up crashing into houses?

[*In fact the police did NOT hand out any tickets at Critical Mass, just a card with traffic violation fine prices on it.]

You'd think Critical Mass in Hamilton must be a big concern for the cops: yet they didn't come to the next month's ride, nor the one after that, or the one after that, and so on. Yes, they actually may have more important things to do for that one hour a month...

So, yes, it's hard not to be a little self-righteous, after all.

creepy encounters of the third kind

WAR GAMES IN THE PARK

We couldn't have scripted a more damning exchange between civilians and the military who wanted to play war games in the park.

You can read all about it in a previous post, but watch it and wonder...

This was also our first film to be shown at the annual, outdoors, juried short-video show at the Art Gallery of Hamilton, PHOTOPHOBIA.

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