The late Flip Wilson's comedy routine included lines where he told how he was approached by a local bully demanding to know what was written on the paper that Flip was holding. After some back and forth, Flip said it was a list of the people he could whip. The bully wanted to know if he was on the list. Flip refused to tell him then, after more agitated back and forth, Flip gave in and threatened to take the bully's name off the list. It was Flip's delivery that made it funny: style and substance were one.
But this is not that kind of list.
Rather, it is the result of me reflecting upon sources of support that encouraged and influenced my inventive impulses as well as my interests and goals as an educator.
On the list are family, friends, peers, employers and students. Aside from family, I am certain that I owe most to my students. Being privileged to work with bright, young creative minds has always kept me productive.
When I mentioned to Gill that I planned to assemble a list, she asked if I was preparing for my life to flash before my eyes and pointed me towards a recent news item that she thought I would appreciate. I must admit that A Replay of Life: What Happens in Our Brain when we Die is interesting and more than a little provocative.
But brain activity notwithstanding, this page is just me indulging in a little nostalgia while acknowledging that nothing I have thought or made has been produced in a vacuum.
The list - people that I know or have known personally and to whom I am most grateful - is in roughly chronological order and has been expanding as time passes and memory permits.
It interests and pleases me to note how gender influences have evolved over time. As a child, I attended a boys' school and my first teaching position was in a boys' school. Hence the early dominance of male influencers.
But this is not that kind of list.
Rather, it is the result of me reflecting upon sources of support that encouraged and influenced my inventive impulses as well as my interests and goals as an educator.
On the list are family, friends, peers, employers and students. Aside from family, I am certain that I owe most to my students. Being privileged to work with bright, young creative minds has always kept me productive.
When I mentioned to Gill that I planned to assemble a list, she asked if I was preparing for my life to flash before my eyes and pointed me towards a recent news item that she thought I would appreciate. I must admit that A Replay of Life: What Happens in Our Brain when we Die is interesting and more than a little provocative.
But brain activity notwithstanding, this page is just me indulging in a little nostalgia while acknowledging that nothing I have thought or made has been produced in a vacuum.
The list - people that I know or have known personally and to whom I am most grateful - is in roughly chronological order and has been expanding as time passes and memory permits.
It interests and pleases me to note how gender influences have evolved over time. As a child, I attended a boys' school and my first teaching position was in a boys' school. Hence the early dominance of male influencers.
In psychology, 'a significant other' is any person who has
importance to an individual's life or well-being. In sociology,
it describes any person with influence on an individual's self-concept.
importance to an individual's life or well-being. In sociology,
it describes any person with influence on an individual's self-concept.
my significant others
John Joseph Maycock, Hannah Maycock, John Maycock, Maude Webb,
Marion Maycock, Lynn Maycock, Jill Maycock, Francis Cammaerts,
Terrence Eugene Burns, Patricia Burns, George Partridge, Reginald Fox,
John Harris, Peter Loades, Phyllis Loades, John Loades, Stephen Bierne,
Roger Wheeler, Clifford Ellis, Rosemary Ellis, Richard Morling, Joe Hope,
Robyn Denny, Gillian Ayres, Andrew Wilson, Natalie Dower, Adrian Heath, William Scott, Edward Malins, Derek Pope, Margaret Pope, Jasper Jewett, Eric Berry, Salima Faiz, Michael Penny, John Lewis, Gillian Clarke,
Paul Sproll, Gwendoline Clarke, Robert Clarke, Shannon Clarke,
Keith Clarke, Penelope Clarke, Peter Cunningham, Jim Green,
William Hickton, 'Charlie' Gough, David Tuohy, David Bromilow,
Pat Bromilow, Graham Searle, Peter Cheney, Stephen Williams, Christopher Keegan, John Shield, Christopher Watt, Leslie Welch,
Derek Welch, Benedict Maycock, Robert Kenyon, Brenda Robinson,
Raymond Robinson, Paddy O’Brien, Clare Bice, Anne Garwood,
Philip Fry, Robert Bozak, Ethel O'Neil, Paterson Ewen,
Ceridwen Maycock, David Gordon, Diana Dabinett, Steve Parzybok,
Dawn Johnson, Don Bonham, Shirley Kirton, Doug Kirton,
Maurice Stubbs, Jim Gibson, Jean Gibson, Robert Ihrig, Vivian Bangs,
Michael Couchie, Fran Baldessaro, Ford Colyer, Nancy O’Rourke,
Ken Cronmiller. Jane Perry, Peter Rutland, Jane Agnew, Dennis Geden,
Sandi Geden, Michael DeMoree, Joyce Edwards, Peeter Sepp,
Peter Rutland, Dianne Ferris, Walter Sunahara, Patricia Stamp,
Lloyd Stamp, Lilian Thalheimer, David Bygrave, Win Nicholson,
Aiden Bygrave, Betty Speers, David York, Ella Mae York,
Nicholas Webb, Linda Hodgins, Harold Pearce,
Kristen-Scholfield-Sweet, Garry Neill Kennedy, Jane Kennedy,
Ronald Hobbs, Sarah Bygrave,,Vaughan Dai Rees,
Douglas Porter, Laura McGough, Leo-Paul Cyr, Lorene Bourgeois,
Kenna Manos, Daniel Potvin, Joann Reynolds, Paul White,
Monica Tap, Scott MacDougall, Carole Leclerc, Andy Dowden,
Donna Akrey, Saul Becker, Jane Harmon, Shawn Jackson, J J Lee,
Natalie Waldberger, Alvin Comiter, Sonia Chow, Edward Porter,
Nancy Edell, Stephanie Smith, Smartex Tambala, Cal Lane,
Heather Burgess, Christopher Lloyd, Jolanta Lapiak,
Eleanor King, Daniel Hutchinson, Caroline Holder, Robert Rogers,
Caroline, Jackson, Alvin Comiter, Jo Novak, Edward Porter, Susan Wood,
Kenneth Harrison, Aimee Henny Brown, Ray Cooper,
Frances Dorsey, Norman Cooper, Amanda Burk, Raymond Klein,
Patti Devlin, Robert Geraghty, Susan Gibson-Garvey, Fred McFadzen,
Jane Milton, William Withrow, Geniva Liu, Maxwell Bates,
Jen Budney, Matt Brown, Sharon Murray, Gillian Collyer,
Kenneth Honeychurch, Robyn Robertson, Peter Brooks, Lorraine Field,
Valentina Giacomelli, Jay Rutherford, Kathleen Flannagan, Sean Smith, Anna Egan, Jeff Wry, Jesse James, Melodie Hueber, Glynis Humphrey,
Jack Wong, Patty O'Toole, Chris Nielsen, Linda Hutchison,
Ken Lamb, Jenny Yujia Shi, Sandy Graham, Dana Silwaldi,
Alex Livingston, Tianjie Yang, Raghed Charabaty, Wilma Needham,
Peter Dykhuis, Jennifer Marlow, William Bates, Christine Holzer-Hunt,
Jenna Marks, Tim Fedak, Melinda Spooner, John Christie, Lee Cripps,
Ryan Josie, Ruby Maycock, Mathew Reichertz, Maria Wamboldt,
Michael Fuller, Martin Jones, Bonnie MacDermott, Graham MacDermott,,Sadie Maycock, John Townsend, Jane Townsend
Marion Maycock, Lynn Maycock, Jill Maycock, Francis Cammaerts,
Terrence Eugene Burns, Patricia Burns, George Partridge, Reginald Fox,
John Harris, Peter Loades, Phyllis Loades, John Loades, Stephen Bierne,
Roger Wheeler, Clifford Ellis, Rosemary Ellis, Richard Morling, Joe Hope,
Robyn Denny, Gillian Ayres, Andrew Wilson, Natalie Dower, Adrian Heath, William Scott, Edward Malins, Derek Pope, Margaret Pope, Jasper Jewett, Eric Berry, Salima Faiz, Michael Penny, John Lewis, Gillian Clarke,
Paul Sproll, Gwendoline Clarke, Robert Clarke, Shannon Clarke,
Keith Clarke, Penelope Clarke, Peter Cunningham, Jim Green,
William Hickton, 'Charlie' Gough, David Tuohy, David Bromilow,
Pat Bromilow, Graham Searle, Peter Cheney, Stephen Williams, Christopher Keegan, John Shield, Christopher Watt, Leslie Welch,
Derek Welch, Benedict Maycock, Robert Kenyon, Brenda Robinson,
Raymond Robinson, Paddy O’Brien, Clare Bice, Anne Garwood,
Philip Fry, Robert Bozak, Ethel O'Neil, Paterson Ewen,
Ceridwen Maycock, David Gordon, Diana Dabinett, Steve Parzybok,
Dawn Johnson, Don Bonham, Shirley Kirton, Doug Kirton,
Maurice Stubbs, Jim Gibson, Jean Gibson, Robert Ihrig, Vivian Bangs,
Michael Couchie, Fran Baldessaro, Ford Colyer, Nancy O’Rourke,
Ken Cronmiller. Jane Perry, Peter Rutland, Jane Agnew, Dennis Geden,
Sandi Geden, Michael DeMoree, Joyce Edwards, Peeter Sepp,
Peter Rutland, Dianne Ferris, Walter Sunahara, Patricia Stamp,
Lloyd Stamp, Lilian Thalheimer, David Bygrave, Win Nicholson,
Aiden Bygrave, Betty Speers, David York, Ella Mae York,
Nicholas Webb, Linda Hodgins, Harold Pearce,
Kristen-Scholfield-Sweet, Garry Neill Kennedy, Jane Kennedy,
Ronald Hobbs, Sarah Bygrave,,Vaughan Dai Rees,
Douglas Porter, Laura McGough, Leo-Paul Cyr, Lorene Bourgeois,
Kenna Manos, Daniel Potvin, Joann Reynolds, Paul White,
Monica Tap, Scott MacDougall, Carole Leclerc, Andy Dowden,
Donna Akrey, Saul Becker, Jane Harmon, Shawn Jackson, J J Lee,
Natalie Waldberger, Alvin Comiter, Sonia Chow, Edward Porter,
Nancy Edell, Stephanie Smith, Smartex Tambala, Cal Lane,
Heather Burgess, Christopher Lloyd, Jolanta Lapiak,
Eleanor King, Daniel Hutchinson, Caroline Holder, Robert Rogers,
Caroline, Jackson, Alvin Comiter, Jo Novak, Edward Porter, Susan Wood,
Kenneth Harrison, Aimee Henny Brown, Ray Cooper,
Frances Dorsey, Norman Cooper, Amanda Burk, Raymond Klein,
Patti Devlin, Robert Geraghty, Susan Gibson-Garvey, Fred McFadzen,
Jane Milton, William Withrow, Geniva Liu, Maxwell Bates,
Jen Budney, Matt Brown, Sharon Murray, Gillian Collyer,
Kenneth Honeychurch, Robyn Robertson, Peter Brooks, Lorraine Field,
Valentina Giacomelli, Jay Rutherford, Kathleen Flannagan, Sean Smith, Anna Egan, Jeff Wry, Jesse James, Melodie Hueber, Glynis Humphrey,
Jack Wong, Patty O'Toole, Chris Nielsen, Linda Hutchison,
Ken Lamb, Jenny Yujia Shi, Sandy Graham, Dana Silwaldi,
Alex Livingston, Tianjie Yang, Raghed Charabaty, Wilma Needham,
Peter Dykhuis, Jennifer Marlow, William Bates, Christine Holzer-Hunt,
Jenna Marks, Tim Fedak, Melinda Spooner, John Christie, Lee Cripps,
Ryan Josie, Ruby Maycock, Mathew Reichertz, Maria Wamboldt,
Michael Fuller, Martin Jones, Bonnie MacDermott, Graham MacDermott,,Sadie Maycock, John Townsend, Jane Townsend