1. EMPLOYMENT & SOCIAL ROLES: 1944-2008

1999-2008-Writer/Poet/Retired Teacher: George Town Tasmania
2002-2005-Program Presenter, City Park Radio, Launceston
1999-2004-Tutor and/or President: George Town School for Seniors Inc
1988-1999 -Lecturer in General Studies and Human Services West Australian Department of Training
1986-1987 -Acting Lecturer in Management Studies and Co-ordinator of
Further Education Unit at Hedland College in South Hedland, WA.
1982-1985 -Adult Educator, Open College of Tafe, Katherine, NT
1981 -Maintenance Scheduler, Renison Bell, Zeehan, Tasmania
1980-Unemployed: Bi-Polar Disability
1979 -Editor, External Studies Unit, Tasmanian CAE; Youth Worker, Resource Centre Association, Launceston; Lecturer in Organizational Behaviour, Tasmanian CAE; Radio Journalist ABC, Launceston
1976-1978 -Lecturer in Social Sciences & Humanities, Ballarat CAE, Ballarat
1975 - Lecturer in Behavioural Studies, Whitehorse Technical College, Box Hill, Victoria
1974 -Senior Tutor in Education Studies, Tasmanian CAE, Launceston
1972-1973 -High School Teacher, South Australian Education Department
1971 Primary School Teacher, Whyalla SA, Australia
1969-1971 Primary School Teacher, Prince Edward County Board of Education, Picton, Ontario, Canada
1969 Systems Analyst, Bad Boy Co. Ltd., Toronto Ontario
1967-68 -Community Teacher, Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, Frobisher Bay(Iqaluit), NWT, Canada
1959-67 -Summer jobs from grade 9 to end of university
1949-1967 - Attended 2 primary schools, 2 high schools and 2 universities in Canada: McMaster Uni:1963-1966, Windsor T’s College: 1966/7.
1944-1963 -Childhood(1944-57) and adolescence(1957-63) in and around Hamilton Ontario.

2. SOME SOCIO-BIO-DATA(as of: 2007):cool:

I have been married for 41 years. My wife is a Tasmanian, aged 60. We’ve had 3 children: ages in 2007-41, 37 and 30. I am 63, a Canadian who moved to Australia in 1971 and have written 3 books--all available on the internet. I retired from full-time teaching in 1999, part-time teaching in 2004 and volunteer/casual teaching/work in 2005 after 35 years in classrooms. In addition, I have been a member of the Baha’i Faith for 48 years. Bio-data: 6ft, 225 lbs, eyes/hair-brown, Caucasian. See my website for more details at: http://www.users.on.net/~ronprice/ or go the google search engine and type: Pioneering RonPrice, RonPrice Poetry, RonPrice Bahá’í, RonPrice History,(philosophy, religion, media studies, politics, inter alia)--for additional writings.
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Hey Ron, we're neighbours!
I hail from Victoria, Australia.

well mr. price you have a very impressive resume. welcome to WF.org:)

Wow... for once... I got nothing witty or sarcastic to say... but that's not possible... is it?

AHHHHHHH!

*Hides self in bomb shelter and prepares for world to end*




*pops head back out for a moment*

Welcome.

Hello Ron, Welcome to the Writing Forums.

That is a very impressive capsule biography. You even left the Lord of Hats speechless, which is even more impressive!

If you haven't explored the site yet, you should probably do so soon. Newcomers often gravitate to the Lounge, the Word Games, or the Review Room, but there is much more to be discovered if you poke in the corners. Remember to check out our FAQ (http://www.writingforums.org/faq.php) as well!

As for the Review Room, new joiners often wonder why we do things a bit differently on this site than on other writing sites. We emphasize reviewing as a critical writing skill. Training your eye by reviewing other people's work helps you improve your own writing even before you present it for others to see. Therefore, we ask members to review other people's writing before posting work of their own. The Review Room forums on this site, therefore, are true workshops, not just a bulletin board for displaying your work (and on that note, please only post each item for review in one Review Room forum). See this post, Why Write Reviews Before Posting My Work? (http://www.writingforums.org/showpost.php?p=65432&postcount=1) for more information.

Enjoy your stay here, and have fun!

In these early years of the evening of my life I hope to drop in occasionally and even unto old age(80++) if I last that long. It has been, goodness, seven or eight weeks since I was here last. Life is busy even in retirement. I must have some lunch now--and then there is dusting, laundry, dishes, vaccuuming, stuff on the domestic front. But you all shall see me occasionally, "palely loitering," as Keats once put it before his early grave.
-Ron:cool:

O_o - Wow....wasn't expecting that. :D Welcome

lol, my granny's around 82 too.....nd my grandfathe would hav been 89. *sigh*



well, you're impressive.......but I guess everyone figured it out....lordofhats was stunned. lol....hullo from WF...:)

Hey RP! Got a humorous observation I thought up yesterday, for ya...

So about 13 years ago, I was sitting in a college algebra class, but I didn't figure out then what I was about to tell you, but since then I have.

There's something those who dictate education to us are hoping we'll never catch on to. They realized some time ago that there are only so many ways numbers can be manipulated, and only so many numbers. They know that at some point someone somewhere will solve the most important equations because of that, and hold a powererful intelligence so great that they could become science itself; hence, be more intellectually powerful than those who claim to teach us. They don't want that! So how do those shady teachers keep us down? They invented "imaginary numbers." Yep! We're that stupid! They figured if they could sidetrack us with numbers that don't even exist, that they could buy some time.

So I was thinking. If imaginary numbers -- numbers that don't even exist -- are taught to math students as a real form of mathematics, why can't imaginary friends be taught to psychology students as real and a legitimate diagnosis to help lonely people through depression or psychosis or any other psychological impairment? Why is it when an adult talks to imaginary friends they are seen as loony? Irrational?

Irrational relationships, irrational numbers.

Welcome to the forum!

Hey there :) Welcome to WF.org.

A ver impressed hi and welcome.

Hi Ron...nice to meet you!

Welcome to the forum :)

Welcome, Ron, glad to have you on the forums!

Welcome, Ron. Interesting to look at a capsule of your life. Enjoy!

Thanks Again For the Welcoming Notes, Folks. I think I'll make my first post tonight before going to bed....see yas all lateRon:cool:(oops forgot to mention about irrational friends...not a bad idea...actually it may explain why so many of my friends are irrational and maybe even me).