I, too, was very impressed with the minister's words and the direction that he is suggesting that the education system in the province needs to go. I read the "When Kids Come First" report and it left me a lot less enthused than the speech he gave. There were a lot things in there that annoyed me, like introducing yet more standardized testing. I suspect that some testing is probably necessary to make sure that things aren't going off the rails, but there is now going to be testing in every elementary grade level for one element of the curriculum or another. So much time is already taken for the preparation and administration of these tests, we don't need to waste more.

My other main problem with the plan is that it isn't very specific about how it is going to bring about the ambitious changes it proposes.

I am hopeful though and have personally offered any help I can give to changing the system.