At my daughter's Grade 5 graduation last month, her teacher stood up and gave a speech. Not a general "congratulations class of 2025" speech — a personal, specific, impassioned speech for each of her 15 students. One by one. She named what made each child singular. What they'd grown through. What she was proud of. I sat there thinking: a teacher in Canada could never do this. Not because they don't care — but because they have 30 kids, a packed curriculum, and a system that d
