Not everything is what it seems...

A great example how easy it is to change the meaning of things...don't take anything at face value!

(Young) Canadian students top world rankings

Turns out Canadian 5th graders ranked 3rd in the world on an international test of science ability.

Yet, does this play out later on, such as in University and beyond? Are Canadians known for their intelligence by their global peers? I don't think so, though there's no reason why we shouldn't be. We are like the small quiet kid in the corner - noone dislikes us because we don't do anything to provoke them, yet noone really likes us either because we have minimal impact in the world (yes we are small, though our impact is less than 1/10th the impact of the US). Why aren't we forging ahead? We don't have political strife, wars to fight, or anything else to distract us other than some Anglo/Franco issues. Yes we came up with the Blackberry, but why can't we create google?

What I learned today...

It doesn't matter what a person's crudentials are....if you don't have presense you just don't have presence. Funny why lawyers are always so short.

Beauty in the Eyes of the Beholder...

Very enlightening...