Photo was taken yesterday in Col√°iste Choilm, Ballincollig, Co.Cork (Irl)

Rebecca Keane and her classmates in Rang Fergal were delighted yesterday when they each received an ipad on their first day in secondary school. The ipad will replace a bag of heavy school books and each subject will be taught using this latest technology. The options with this interactive learning has great possibilities. Col√°iste Choilm is leading the way with this new initiative and is likely to be rolled out on a much bigger scale with time.

Thought on Saturday – August – 27/08/2011

A young girl said to her friend, “When I get older, I want to wear glasses just like Granny’s because she can see so much more than most people. She can see the good in a person when everyone else sees a bad side. She can see what a person meant to do even if they didn’t do it. I asked her one day how she could see the good and she said it was the way she learned to look at things as she got older. When I get older, I want to wear a pair of glasses just like Granny’s so I can see the good too.’ ~Walter Buchanan

What a different world we could live in if we all wore a pair of Granny’s glasses! Why is there such emphasis on the negative? Why do we allow it to dominate our lives? There is such a vast reservoir of goodness out there. We don’t have to wear special glasses but we do need a certain mindset. Our prayer this weekend might be to ask God to help us see some good around us even if it’s hard to find.