100 Day Project – Day 18 – 1:45 p.m. (when I started) “Here’s the lesson: If you have something to say on the page, don’t hesitate. Don’t procrastinate. Don’t make excuses. Seize every moment you find to write. Honor your voice and your stories. Starting now. Because this moment is all we have–take it from […]
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100 Day Project – Day 18 – Carla
September 25th, 2011 · 2 Comments · 100 Days Project, Musings, Quote of the Week, Teaching & Learning, Work
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100 Day Project – Day 17 – Power
September 22nd, 2011 · Comments Off on 100 Day Project – Day 17 – Power · 100 Days Project, Musings, Quote of the Week, Teaching & Learning, Work
100 Day Project – Day 17 – 9:47 p.m. If I accept you as you are, I will make you worse; however if I treat you as though you are what you are capable of becoming, I help you become that. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe A student that I had last semester came up to […]
100 Days Project – Day 11 – Passion
September 15th, 2011 · Comments Off on 100 Days Project – Day 11 – Passion · 100 Days Project, Children, Musings, Quote of the Week, Teaching & Learning, Work
100 Days Project – Day 11 – 8:31 p.m. “Ten. At the end of the day, good teaching is about having fun, experiencing pleasure and intrinsic rewards … like locking eyes with a student in the back row and seeing the synapses and neurons connecting, thoughts being formed, the person becoming better, and a smile […]
100 Days Project – Day 10 – Individual Student
September 14th, 2011 · Comments Off on 100 Days Project – Day 10 – Individual Student · 100 Days Project, Musings, photo of the week, Quote of the Week, Teaching & Learning
?? Some days I’d like to be a teacher of long ago (okay, I’d like to believe it’s long ago, but in fact I know there are still teachers who teach this way) who gave the same lesson to all the students each day. I am always surprised each September (why is it I forget?) […]
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Quote of the week from Mr. Rogers
May 21st, 2010 · Comments Off on Quote of the week from Mr. Rogers · Children, Important People, Musings, Quote of the Week
“It’s not the honors and the prizes and the fancy outsides of life that ultimately nourish our souls. It’s knowing that we can be trusted, that we never have to fear the truth, that the bedrock of our very being is firm.”