I’m so excited this morning that I need to make a note before the afternoon passes! And, the reality of today is that my Wednesdays are very full and busy so I’d best post now! Today, at lunch time, I get to meet a newborn. The baby is the child of one of our college’s […]
Entries Tagged as 'Children'
95 days and a baby
February 26th, 2014 · No Comments · 100 Days Project, Children, College students, Education, retirement, Teaching & Learning, time
Tags: blogging·Children·college·learning·reading·retirement·teaching·time·Work
96 days
February 25th, 2014 · No Comments · 100 Days Project, Children, College students, Education, Musings, retirement, Teaching & Learning, time, Work
The joy of observing a developing student teacher at work in a classroom was one of my tasks today. There is no doubt I will miss the privilege and opportunity to support student teachers. It is, at times, hard work. There is always the threat that the placement and/or cooperating teacher is not a good […]
97 days
February 24th, 2014 · No Comments · 100 Days Project, Children, College students, Education, Musings, retirement, time
I am working what’s called 3/5ths time this semester. I take the equivalent 3/5ths pay cut, of course. But, it does give me some breathing room. If I were not retiring, next year or so would be time to apply for and take a sabbatical. Unless you work an academic life, you have a hard […]
Tags: Children·college·retirement·teaching·time
Mr. Rogers and being human
December 17th, 2012 · No Comments · Children, Education, family, Important People, Mr. Rogers, Musings, Play
Mister Rogers and Newtown: Quote and image goes viral : It’s a way of leading you out of the bad towards the good.” I’ve looked to Mr. Rogers for almost 40 years. First, as a young mother who wanted quality experiences for my child, then as an early childhood educator looking for quality […]
Tags: Children·family·Mr. Rogers·quote·teaching
Firsts…
August 27th, 2012 · No Comments · Children, College students, Education, family, Grandparents, Musings, Quote of the Week, Teaching & Learning, Work
We shall not cease from exploration. And the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time. ~ T.S. Eliot “Sixty years ago I knew everything; now I know nothing; education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.” – Will Durant “Here’s to […]
Tags: Children·education·family·first day of school·learning·quote·quotes·reading·teaching·Work