In the late Flip Wilson's comedy routine 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 but, 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 became one.
But this is not that kind of list.
Rather, it is the result of me reflecting upon sources of first-hand 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 first-hand 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,
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, 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, Graham Searle,
Peter Cheney, Stephen Williams, Christopher Keegan, Christopher Watt, John Shield, 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, Doug Kirton,
Shirley Kirton, Maurice Stubbs, Jim Gibson, Robert Ihrig, Vivian Bangs,
Michael Couchie, Fran Baldessaro, Ford Colyer, Nancy O’Rourke,
Peter Rutland, Jane Agnew, Dennis Geden,,Jane Perry, Michael DeMoree, Joyce Edwards, Peeter Sepp, Dianne Ferris, Walter Sunahara,
Patricia Stamp, Lloyd Stamp, Lilian Thalheimer, Win Nicholson,
David Bygrave, Aiden Bygrave, 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, Laura McGough, Leo-Paul Cyr,
Douglas Porter, Lorene Bourgeois, Daniel Potvin, Joann Reynolds,
Paul White, Scott MacDougall, Monica Tap, Andy Dowden, Carole Leclerc,
Donna Akrey, Saul Becker, Jane Harmon, Shawn Jackson,
Natalie Waldberger, Alvin Comiter, Sonia Chow, Stephanie Smith,
Edward Porter, Cal Lane, Smartex Tambala, Heather Burgess,
Christopher Lloyd, Jolanta Lapiak, Daniel Hutchinson,
Caroline Holder, Robert Rogers, Caroline, Jackson, Alvin Comiter,
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,
Jay Rutherford, Kathleen Flannagan, Sean Smith, Melodie Hueber,
Jeff Wry, 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, Tim Fedak, Valentina Giacomelli, John Christie,
Lee Cripps, Melinda Spooner, Ryan Josie, Jenna Marks, Ruby Maycock,
Mathew Reichertz, Maria Wamboldt, Michael Fuller,
Bonnie MacDermott, Graham MacDermott,,Sadie Maycock, Martin Jones
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, 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, Graham Searle,
Peter Cheney, Stephen Williams, Christopher Keegan, Christopher Watt, John Shield, 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, Doug Kirton,
Shirley Kirton, Maurice Stubbs, Jim Gibson, Robert Ihrig, Vivian Bangs,
Michael Couchie, Fran Baldessaro, Ford Colyer, Nancy O’Rourke,
Peter Rutland, Jane Agnew, Dennis Geden,,Jane Perry, Michael DeMoree, Joyce Edwards, Peeter Sepp, Dianne Ferris, Walter Sunahara,
Patricia Stamp, Lloyd Stamp, Lilian Thalheimer, Win Nicholson,
David Bygrave, Aiden Bygrave, 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, Laura McGough, Leo-Paul Cyr,
Douglas Porter, Lorene Bourgeois, Daniel Potvin, Joann Reynolds,
Paul White, Scott MacDougall, Monica Tap, Andy Dowden, Carole Leclerc,
Donna Akrey, Saul Becker, Jane Harmon, Shawn Jackson,
Natalie Waldberger, Alvin Comiter, Sonia Chow, Stephanie Smith,
Edward Porter, Cal Lane, Smartex Tambala, Heather Burgess,
Christopher Lloyd, Jolanta Lapiak, Daniel Hutchinson,
Caroline Holder, Robert Rogers, Caroline, Jackson, Alvin Comiter,
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,
Jay Rutherford, Kathleen Flannagan, Sean Smith, Melodie Hueber,
Jeff Wry, 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, Tim Fedak, Valentina Giacomelli, John Christie,
Lee Cripps, Melinda Spooner, Ryan Josie, Jenna Marks, Ruby Maycock,
Mathew Reichertz, Maria Wamboldt, Michael Fuller,
Bonnie MacDermott, Graham MacDermott,,Sadie Maycock, Martin Jones