I've been reading your blog with interest for awhile now. I believe we have met - I am married to Larry Miller who taught in Revelstoke. Your reference to Revelstoke in an earlier blog and your military career make me fairly certain you are the Harold Jarche who went to school in Revelstoke in the 70's. I came upon your blog while searching for some information on "The Metaphor" by Budge Wilson. I went back to school 5 years ago and am now teaching English at a high school in central BC. I've used blogs in my class (and yes I'm in "that" demographic), would like to learn more about how to incorporate other technologies. I have discovered that students know very little about how to search for information or how to decide whether what they find is any good and have started to incorporate that into lessons. What I'd really like to know is how to get kids invovled in learning for the sake of learning. They (and most of their parents) are all focussed on grades - how much is this worth? how late can I hand it in?... to the point that any task that miht demonstrate their learning simply becomes busy work - which I think is a waste of their time as well as mine. Given that public education is not going away any time soon, and I love teaching, and not all parents are willing/able to educate their kids, how can we engage them so that they see the value of learning, not just getting the marks? I've rambled on far longer than I planned. Thanks for reading.