2020 – Let Me Reintroduce Myself
A friend told me, “You’ve changed. You’re just different than you used to be.” She said it with a smile and she tried to make it sound like a compliment,
Read MoreMonth: December 2019
THOSE KIDS: The Connection Makes A Difference, but Does It Make The Difference?
I recently followed a chat that started from the claim that all a student needs to be is liked. That all they need is a connection or relationship or positive
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Baja Lessons…Motivation Versión en inglés y español incluida
What makes some people work harder or longer or do a better job? Why are some people okay with average and some people disappointed in greatness? What is motivation? Where
Read MoreThe VOICES of THOSE KIDS
During preservice a few years ago, I ran into a group of new teachers at lunch. We had a brief conversation about where we worked. When they heard where I taught, a PRTF (Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility), one of the teachers said, “Good for you. I couldn’t work with THOSE kids.” I said, “You do realize when THOSE kids leave […]
Learning is Not Closed
Changing aren’t coming. They’re here. Everything is changing. Again. Hard decisions were made in most of our communities. Precautions and restrictions and shut downs. Quarantines and capacities and illnesses. I know emotions are high and opinions are all over the place. Not everyone agrees or understands. Some will make the transition relatively easily and some it’s going to hit hard. […]