Who am I?

A husband, a parent…
An educator, a student…
A thinker, a dreamer…
An agent of change.

Think Good Thoughts, Say Good Words, Do Good Deeds.

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I’m a Canadian living in Dalian, China. I am a principal of a Pre-K to Grade 9 Foreign Nationals School, my wife teaches at the school and my two kids are students there.

Please check out the sidebars on the right for some recent posts and some of the more popular post here on Pairadimes.

Feel free to Contact Me with questions or feedback.

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Contact information

Blog: Pair-a-Dimes for Your Thoughts

Web: DavidTruss.com

Contact: David Truss

A little more about me:

I have two blogs right now that I am using to chronicle who I am and what I do as an educator.

My Pair-A-Dimes for Your Thoughts, this blog, has a philosophical bent to it. My thoughts on education, learning and technology.

My Practic-All blog on WordPress is more pragmatic, and less frequently updated. It has my 2008 Digital Magic Newsletter I created for my staff at the time.

Other places that I can be found online.

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From my old web page: LEADERS of TOMORROW are in our classrooms TODAY! Student Leadership is a passion of mine. One of my favorite quotes, that I borrow from a good friend and mentor, Dave is “I teach leadership not followship”. Most of what follows has a lot to do with Servant Leadership and being socially responsible citizens of the school, and the world. Here is a link to some Leadership Lesson Plans that I have either used or developed. Here is a link to some wonderful Teaching Metaphors that I love to use. (updated site coming soon) Here is a link to my master final paper about Developing a Student Leadership Program in a Middle School. Please contact me if you have any questions. Dave.