Posts by Grammy Mo

  Education is not acquiring knowledge. It is best defined as using knowledge. As we think about the new school year about to start in the next week or so, remember this. Are we educating our children or simply schooling them. “An important purpose of education is to nurture a love for life long learning in all students not kill it.” Dr. William Glasser For years I was invited into the schools to speak with youth about relationships and healthy sexuality. I could have walked into the class and told them all the negative things about sex and leave, never…

        On May 29th we completed a Certification and Instructor program in Choice Theory, Reality Therapy and Lead Management. What this means is that the people certified had gone through all five levels of the William Glasser International Training Program and are recognized around the world by over 96,000 people as be Certified. The people that chose to, stayed to follow the first level of the Instructor Program and will soon be helping to advance the ideas around the world. It was such a need-satisfying event for both my co-instructor Lynn Sumida and me. Next month I…

    As the weekend comes upon us I am excited to go to our next basketball game leading to the NBL championships. Tickets are selling fast and the organization says it is going to be a full house! This is very exciting for all of us who are fans. Before going to the game though I am putting the final touches on a program called “ Take Charge of Your Life” which I will be presenting at the Canadian Counseling and Psychology Association as a pre-conference session on Monday next week. The Take Charge program has been developed by…

      Over the weekend I was saddened to hear about 36 new cases of gonorrhea found in my home province over the last month! In 1984 under the leadership of Brenda Robertson, the Reproductive Health Clinics that later became sexual health centers were opened to serve youth between 12 and 24 years of age. In those days we started out by serving the parents and offering them help to talk with their youth about healthy sexuality. I worked in this role for over twenty years. Since my retirement in 2004 the center has disappeared. One wonders why? There…