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Aug. 29th, 2022 10:28 amThe Toronto District School Board has a continuing ed program where they host general interest courses in classrooms that are empty on weekends or over the summer. The courses are a mixed bag - not all of the instructors are professional teachers - but in general I've always found them worth taking.
I can't remember how long ago it was when I last took a class - Darrell was still alive so maybe 4 years ago? But I remember posting about it at the time, how shocked I was at the state of the building. Broken lockers, broken windows held together by tape, one washroom stall with a working door on it. No air conditioning obviously, why the fuck I thought it was a good idea to take a class in July, I don't know. But you know, you read about how the TDSB has a 10-year repair backlog and then you see it in person? Ouch.
This week I went to visit the Old Man in the hospital. It was Toronto General, and he was in one of the older wings. My reaction to the place was much the same. Peeling paint. No phones in the rooms. There was a TV, an older blocky thing the size of a breadbox, I carefully threaded the wires back into the cable connection and managed to get a display that only had the colour red. It was depressing.
I want to start giving tours. People who vote conservative because progressive politicians just "waste our money". People who only vote for the candidate that promises low taxes. I want to take them into schools and hospitals and say "this is what you are voting for".
I wonder if it would actually make a difference.
I can't remember how long ago it was when I last took a class - Darrell was still alive so maybe 4 years ago? But I remember posting about it at the time, how shocked I was at the state of the building. Broken lockers, broken windows held together by tape, one washroom stall with a working door on it. No air conditioning obviously, why the fuck I thought it was a good idea to take a class in July, I don't know. But you know, you read about how the TDSB has a 10-year repair backlog and then you see it in person? Ouch.
This week I went to visit the Old Man in the hospital. It was Toronto General, and he was in one of the older wings. My reaction to the place was much the same. Peeling paint. No phones in the rooms. There was a TV, an older blocky thing the size of a breadbox, I carefully threaded the wires back into the cable connection and managed to get a display that only had the colour red. It was depressing.
I want to start giving tours. People who vote conservative because progressive politicians just "waste our money". People who only vote for the candidate that promises low taxes. I want to take them into schools and hospitals and say "this is what you are voting for".
I wonder if it would actually make a difference.