Rachel Gladstone-Gelman

                 
Volunteer a little time and make a big difference

Become a Fan
Become a Fan.
You'll get emails whenever I post articles on OpEdNews

Rachel emigrated to Canada in the summer of 2006.- She has an M.A. in Teaching ESOL, and her poetry, short stories and articles have appeared in print and online. Rachel is a member of Fair Vote Canada.

www.pinatapoet.com

OpEdNews Member for 298 week(s) and 3 day(s)

38 Articles, 0 Quick Links, 38 Comments, 9 Diaries, 0 Polls

38 Articles

Thursday, January 7, 2010
An American emigre speaks to Joe Lieberman
(6 comments) Health care reform for dummies.

Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Multiple Intelligences--And the Average School Board
What is number nine?

Monday, October 29, 2007
FROM PERMANENT RESIDENT...TO CANADIAN CITIZEN?
(2 comments) an update--Fireworks in the living room; and that was just to schedule the medical exam.

Friday, October 12, 2007
If Al Gore...
As I predicted back in November of 2006, (a representative of) the NDP (New Democratic Party) of Canada has spoken on the environment with Democrats and Republicans.

Tuesday, June 5, 2007
Fingers

Wednesday, April 18, 2007
So Strong and Almost Dead
Comment I wrote after Holocaust film footage was initially released.

Tuesday, November 14, 2006
Local is Earth

Thursday, October 19, 2006
A Former Berlitz Teacher Who Struggled as a Berlitz Student

Thursday, October 12, 2006
Global Healing on Anyone's Chart

Thursday, October 5, 2006
Are You Sure?
(2 comments) concluding words (for now) in this diary of emigration

Wednesday, October 4, 2006
Leave the Room, Please

Friday, September 29, 2006
For Real
(2 comments) emigration through identification

Wednesday, September 27, 2006
Home Schooling Three Children--Three Different Age Groups

Tuesday, September 26, 2006
Canada, Columbine and 1984

Friday, September 22, 2006
Toronto. First Here, Now There
the GTA--a different reality

Friday, September 15, 2006
Humans...and a Simple Message
American emigration on board for a Canadian education

Friday, September 8, 2006
Emigrant to Immigrant
transformation or acclimation?

Thursday, August 31, 2006
At the Filling Station
of the Canadian economy; American emigration, the Canadian dollar and where it goes--Yeah, baby!

Friday, August 25, 2006
Like Gemini
emigrating from America to Canada-- another entry in a series... I am a Gemini. But we've been met in suburban Canada with a calmer duality.

Saturday, August 19, 2006
That Includes the Smelly Stuff

Friday, August 11, 2006
Welcome To Canada
and a new life begins

Thursday, August 3, 2006
Checking Out of the US
with binoculars

Tuesday, August 1, 2006
A View of Earth

Thursday, July 27, 2006
What We Leave Behind
Not far away, might there be salvation? There will be a new spirit.

Monday, July 24, 2006
That's Where All the Flowers Go
a poem

Sunday, July 23, 2006
Three Friends--A Remedy For Postpartum Depression
An option for those blessed with true friends. For the others, hold on...and please, please don't let go.

Saturday, July 22, 2006
Denial Among the Weightless
The feared aftermath of "An Inconvenient Truth."

Friday, July 21, 2006
I Felt Like Natalie Wood
No white beard and red suit...but a heck of a paper chase.

Sunday, July 16, 2006
Let Me In
Part 2 of 2. An American goes job-hunting outside the U.S.

Friday, July 14, 2006
In the Spirit of Carol Marol
Samples from the kitchen sink. Another entry in this emigrating-from-America-diary

Friday, July 7, 2006
We Won't Be In Kansas, Anymore
(2 comments) A perspective of hope and possibilities in the new home.

Friday, June 30, 2006
Can I Bring My Cat?
A peek behind the emigration door; some basic questions and some basic--and not so basic--answers.

Wednesday, June 28, 2006
Let Me In
Part 1 of 2; an American goes job-hunting outside the U.S.

Tuesday, June 27, 2006
Let Me In
Part 2 of 2; an American goes job-hunting outside the U.S.

Friday, June 16, 2006
Why Not Just Stay in the US?
The cruel silence of our Democratic leaders; voting integrity; homosexuality; religion in the wrong places.

Friday, June 9, 2006
You're Leaving the US? No Problem
(3 comments) Social reaction to family's emigration.

Sunday, June 4, 2006
Leaving the US-- Moving to Canada
Beacause it's small... and Canada-- Freedom and integrity of our voting system have been rendered absent, as has my faith in many fellow citizens who use it.

Monday, May 29, 2006
The Silence of Columbine
the non-violent effects of bullying; how they perpetuate; setting the record straight; maintaining cultural awareness of pervasive problem. This article has been simultaneously submitted to DMI Writers Syndication and the Toronto Star.