Category: Teaching
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The Adults in the Room
Is it me or have the adults left the room. I read a Twitter post recently in which the writer asked if the political system had always been this crazy or are we at a different place. My thought, a different place. Wherever I look, I see entitled whiny wimpy scared uncertain angry people who…
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Quick Quips
Churches: The setting of Star Wars when we meet Obi One Kinobi for the first time is 100 meters away from a 2000 year old cathedral built into the rock. Obi One is a more realistic embodiment of the church than any of its learjet flying, Vatican living, mega church versions that we have today. …
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Peace, Love, Hope for More
I was brought up Catholic and to believe in the J man. I was also taught about the resurrection and the crucifixion and world history. How in the Middle Ages we fought the Holy Wars to promote faith. What Robin Hood was based on. And how in WWII Adolf Hitler wanted to create a race…
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Happy Gilmore and Tony Stark
My bond is with the people, and I will serve this great nation at the pleasure of myself. If there’s one thing I’ve proven it’s that you can count on me to pleasure myself. — Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), Iron Man 2 In many ways the fictional character of Tony Stark and Iron…
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Global WARming
Many problems today can achieve their solutions through grassroots movements and the activism of the individual. Sometimes the problems need solutions with a heavier hand. Stop beating around the bush and call a spade a spade. It’s easier that way. For example, smoking. Americans might think that this battle has been one. I assure you…
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The Lens of Assumption
Begin challenging your assumptions. Your assumptions are the windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in awhile or the light won’t come in. – Alan Alda Assuming and being the assumed about sucks. I know this to be true. It has been happening to me all my life. When someone thinks they have…
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The Blame Game
Blame is a tool usually employed by siblings to avoid punishment. In 2019 it is the tool employed by those in power and who make the rules to avoid punishment. Ironic isn’t it. Why is that? When children do it at home or in the classroom, we teach them that there are alternatives to solving…
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A Dodo Bird
When I was a middle school teacher, I had to become familiar with what middle schoolers do and watch. On occasion, like when I was sick or before a holiday, I would call on this information to choose an age appropriate film to watch, learn from and discuss. One of the series that I used…
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Simple World Made Complicated by Excuses
Two and a half people come to mind in 2019 as having an understanding of this concept and living it: Greta, Melala, and Bernie. Sorry Bernie, I will only give you a half considering you are the adult in the room and progress is so slow. It doesn’t matter where I have lived over the…
Observations From the Spectrum 