reflection
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What Kind of Educator are You and Does it Matter?
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I loved doing personality quizzes in magazines as a teenager. My sister and I circled the multiple choices carefully and then checked the key to find out about our fashion personalities or what kind of friends we were. I know I’m not alone – I see lots of funky quizzes posted on Facebook. It’s not…
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Courage and Me
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I can be a big scaredy cat. The usual stuff scares me: high cliffs, bad turbulence, near accident misses. I have a few other fears too, like those big creepy crawly bugs with tons of legs. Ugh. If you have a couch handy, maybe I could share the rest of my neuroses sometime! But I’m…
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Living in the Tension
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Ambiguity. Uncertainty. Not knowing. All these arrive in times of transition. Whether we await the appointment of a new leader, or we wonder what a major decision and its effect will be on our day to day work, we feel that tension as we are suspended between what was and what will be. Sometimes these feelings…
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Looking Back
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Today I gaze back at myself as a new teacher. I had never imagined I might become a teacher, but there I was. Last December, Vicky Loras posted a blog challenge “What’s Your Story“. I came across it through Doug Peterson, who posted his own: “How Did I Get Here?” At the time, I flipped the…
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Are You Where You Want to Be?
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(Part of the #Aprilblogaday project inspired by Chris Crouch who provided Day 1 inspiration here) Every year, I have friends turning 30, or 40 or, especially this year, 50. Those decade birthdays always seem to lead to taking stock. People reflect on their lives so far. Often we think that people are satisfied if they are where…