https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-principal-chronicles--5462305enFictionCopyright voicEd Radiohttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/f6fcd02263392fadc496bfa18bb0a40f.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-principal-chronicles--5462305Wed, 28 Feb 2024 16:48:20 +0000voicEd RadiovoicEd Radiogarlickd@yahoo.comThe Principal Chronicles is a collection of funny and poignant short stories that follow the arc of one man's life and career in education. Starting with his pre-school days, each period of his life is featured, from his school days straight through...falseepisodichttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-keys-to-being-a-good-neighbour--51861922https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51861922Sun, 13 Nov 2022 20:04:27 +0000voicEd RadioIf the author's wife thought that the odd things that happened to her husband would stop after he retired, she was mistaken. Dave tries to help the neighbour whose son had left his car window down in the rain.636falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/haircuts-and-barbershops-and-baldness-and-beards--51747828https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51747828Wed, 09 Nov 2022 15:52:28 +0000voicEd RadioNot 'a' story really, but several smallish and related stories about the author and his lifelong relationships with a parade of barbers and stylists - and the reason he often sported only half a beard.865falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/loneliness-in-g-minor--51437659https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51437659Wed, 12 Oct 2022 13:11:27 +0000voicEd RadioNew to the school for the Arts, I encounter a single student in the school, late at night, playing her violin in the foyer because of the perfect acoustics and the chance to hear herself play with no one else around.198falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-christmas-memory--51437598https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51437598Thu, 06 Oct 2022 18:03:02 +0000voicEd RadioAs they say, 'Christmas comes but once a year,' but when you work in schools for 35 years, dozens and dozens of memories are created.314falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/two-embarassing-situations--51230556https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51230556Thu, 06 Oct 2022 18:00:33 +0000voicEd RadioIn 17 years as an administrator, I was bound to have more than a few embarrassing moments. These two anecdotes as the most embarrassing I can recall.703falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/terrence-and-his-mother-s-wallet--51200560https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51200560Mon, 12 Sep 2022 14:45:50 +0000voicEd RadioI'm asked by a student's mother and the police to search her son's locker. I'd say, "You'll never guess what I found." but that would be an understatement. I may be the only principal in history to find what I found that day.394falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sometime-in-fact-almost-always-they-grow-up--51202586https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51202586Mon, 12 Sep 2022 14:35:51 +0000voicEd RadioThe expression "kids these days" is usually meant as an insult of the younger generation. While there may sometimes be some validity to the insult, it's also true that, almost always, the younger generation grows up to become fine adults.431falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/shukri-s-short-story--51226770https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51226770Mon, 12 Sep 2022 14:26:16 +0000voicEd RadioShukri was one of the finest students I ever had the opportunity to work with. This story shows the respect that students, even those far older than she was, had for her.233falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/flame-and-chopper--51037670https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51037670Sat, 03 Sep 2022 15:50:13 +0000voicEd RadioThe author meets, and deals with, two members of biker gangs. They went by the nicknames Flame and Chopper. You've got to wonder how someone earns a nickname like one of those, don't you?278falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/animals-big-birds--51037008https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51037008Sat, 03 Sep 2022 15:43:04 +0000voicEd RadioWhile most schools have to deal with the occasional sparrow or starling getting into the building, most never have to deal with wild turkeys.170falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/animals-mice--51036825https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51036825Sat, 03 Sep 2022 15:38:39 +0000voicEd RadioEvery high school the author worked in had mice. While the traps caught many of them, they never caught them all. Each year that led to some... excitement.282falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/who-does-this-guy-look-like--51037254https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51037254Sat, 03 Sep 2022 15:28:08 +0000voicEd RadioThe author gives a tour of his high school to a retired bishop. At the very end of the tour, five young men ask the bishop and me who one of their friend looks like. "Who does this guy look like?"520falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-golf-hole-and-sixty-trees--51042288https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51042288Fri, 26 Aug 2022 19:34:57 +0000voicEd RadioThe author fears being fired for the first, but not the last, time - just for wanting to support his teachers and students.729falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/animals-kids--50873177https://api.spreaker.com/episode/50873177Sat, 20 Aug 2022 02:20:56 +0000voicEd RadioThe Science Dep't Head brings her kids to school and makes sure I don't find out until the end of the day, because she's concerned I might get in trouble for having them there.184falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/animals-the-puppy--50873163https://api.spreaker.com/episode/50873163Sat, 20 Aug 2022 02:15:51 +0000voicEd RadioTwo students find a stray puppy out front of the school and try to talk the author into watching it for the day until they can bring it to one of their homes.359falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/animals-wallace-and-the-coffee-can-full-of-snakes--50850635https://api.spreaker.com/episode/50850635Tue, 09 Aug 2022 18:46:42 +0000voicEd RadioYou can expect, maybe, that a principal will encounter dogs and cats and maybe the occasional squirrel, but a coffee can full of snakes?152falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/animals-squirrels-and-bats--50850606https://api.spreaker.com/episode/50850606Tue, 09 Aug 2022 18:44:44 +0000voicEd RadioAdministrators are hired for their abilities to work with students, teachers and parents. They are not hired for their abilities to work with animals. And yet...526falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/four-short-short-stories--50850479https://api.spreaker.com/episode/50850479Tue, 09 Aug 2022 18:30:22 +0000voicEd RadioSome anecdotes are too short to merit their own short stories, but they're still too good not to tell. These are four such anecdotes: four short short stories.670falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/two-names-that-always-make-my-wife-smile--50534596https://api.spreaker.com/episode/50534596Mon, 11 Jul 2022 13:39:41 +0000voicEd RadioWhen you teach for 32 years, you're bound to have at least a couple students whose names - just their mention - make you smile.438falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/zamir--50534278https://api.spreaker.com/episode/50534278Mon, 11 Jul 2022 12:40:00 +0000voicEd RadioStudents from other countries sometimes find it hard to fit in. Sometimes they've learned about our culture from watching movies. Sometimes that doesn't help much.644falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/why-i-bought-a-cell-phone-in-the-first-place--50496234https://api.spreaker.com/episode/50496234Thu, 07 Jul 2022 13:43:25 +0000voicEd RadioThe author, now a vice-principal, decides - for very good reason - that he needs to buy a cellphone.403falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/oliver-crombie--50495678https://api.spreaker.com/episode/50495678Thu, 07 Jul 2022 12:39:19 +0000voicEd RadioNot all teachers are good. But even the bad ones can teach a young teacher something, if only what never to become.306falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/year-two-day-one--50460186https://api.spreaker.com/episode/50460186Mon, 04 Jul 2022 15:18:00 +0000voicEd RadioThe first day of class, and the first student the author meets that day is a student who has no interest in being there.233falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/what-s-in-a-name--50459463https://api.spreaker.com/episode/50459463Mon, 04 Jul 2022 13:58:00 +0000voicEd RadioThe author, now in his thirties, works at a school dedicated to students learning English as a second language. Some of their names are difficult to pronounce. Some - well - one - posed a real challenge.428falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/mental-illness--50459227https://api.spreaker.com/episode/50459227Mon, 04 Jul 2022 13:44:58 +0000voicEd RadioMental illness is far more common than many people know. The author worked with several students and community members who had been dealing with a variety of conditions that made attending school a challenge.691falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/two-teachers--50414519https://api.spreaker.com/episode/50414519Thu, 30 Jun 2022 19:10:43 +0000voicEd RadioThe author is now an occasional teacher - how he spent the first six years of his career. Dependent on being called in each morning for teachers who were sick, this story is about two of those teachers.572falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/elvis-presley-and-my-second-teaching-report--50389601https://api.spreaker.com/episode/50389601Tue, 28 Jun 2022 11:22:29 +0000voicEd RadioThe author is now in Teachers' College. What could possibly be the connection between that, Elvis Presley and the author's seventy-six year old grandmother?346falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/never-leave-the-class-alone--50389541https://api.spreaker.com/episode/50389541Tue, 28 Jun 2022 11:10:11 +0000voicEd RadioA cautionary tale for teacher candidates (actually, for ALL teachers). Don't ever leave your class alone.370falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/w-o-mitchell-s-lumber--50378788https://api.spreaker.com/episode/50378788Mon, 27 Jun 2022 13:35:19 +0000voicEd RadioThe author is now in university, and W.O. Mitchell is the writer in residence.377falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/useless-and-useful-questions--50376453https://api.spreaker.com/episode/50376453Mon, 27 Jun 2022 10:07:30 +0000voicEd RadioAs most teachers know, there are big questions, and there are little questions. There are questions of little importance, and there are some questions that really deserve to be answered.422falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/that-time-i-killed-christopher-prynn--50424123https://api.spreaker.com/episode/50424123Mon, 27 Jun 2022 00:12:00 +0000voicEd RadioFor a short time, the author, now in grade ten, becomes a murderer.641falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/if-anyone-here-present--50370265https://api.spreaker.com/episode/50370265Sun, 26 Jun 2022 17:41:17 +0000voicEd RadioThe author now eight years old, is invited to his teacher's wedding, along with the rest of his class. I wonder what would happen if an eight year old objects to his teacher getting married when the minister asks, "If anyone here present..."?647falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/enid-wakely-and-the-great-tornado-of-1948--50306545https://api.spreaker.com/episode/50306545Thu, 23 Jun 2022 12:29:51 +0000voicEd RadioWhat happens when the meanest teacher in the school - the teacher who actually enjoys administering corporal punishment - catches the author - now eight years old - in a lie.1849falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/you-have-to-eat-a-pound-of-dirt-before-you-die--50306332https://api.spreaker.com/episode/50306332Thu, 23 Jun 2022 11:41:58 +0000voicEd RadioThe author, now seven years old, is confused by the expression, "You've got to eat a pound of dirt before you die," and the possible explanation leads to a challenge to actually eat some dirt. How much dirt would YOU eat for a dollar?474falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/responsibility--50306006https://api.spreaker.com/episode/50306006Thu, 23 Jun 2022 11:22:25 +0000voicEd RadioAs Kindergarten looms, the author, now five years old, plans his escape - by running away to become a hobo. His father assists him in the plan and offers some life-changing advice.364falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/on-becoming--50305755https://api.spreaker.com/episode/50305755Thu, 23 Jun 2022 10:50:13 +0000voicEd RadioThe author, now in his sixties, reflects on the life-changing moments that lead him first to become a reader, and then to want to actually work towards becoming a teacher of History and English; and the importance of one or two teachers in a young...467falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/let-me-tell-you-a-story--48961960https://api.spreaker.com/episode/48961960Sat, 05 Mar 2022 17:09:14 +0000voicEd RadioAt some point, almost every educator says, "I should write a book." Very few actually do though. This introduction explains why the author did, and the form the book takes. "Let me tell you a story..."247falsefull