Tag: educator
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Resilient to Change
A cooling breeze on a summer day is sometimes all we need. Many times though the solution is more complicated. I think sometimes we forget that change is necessary and resiliency is the skill we need to apply to survive. America 2020 could stand to ponder this for a bit before November when election day…
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Cure All, Teach All and the Capitalist
Every time I hear or see an educator toting or selling a new educational Cure All, Teach All product, I see them for what they are, snake salespeople hawking their wares. Teaching is quite simple: know your content, know your kids, meet the needs of your kids in real time. However, more often than not,…
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The Corrupt Win
The upper class is about power. Rape and assault is about power. Betsy DeVos identifies more with the assailants than the victims. The Corrupt Win. Is it possible that we have it all wrong? That the markers we think are for good are bad and the markers for bad are actually good in the…
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A Letter to Senator Sanders
Dear Senator Sanders, Sun Tzu said, “Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.” I know you have read The Art of War so you understand the meaning. The problem arises when you forget to keep track. I think you have. This is my favorite photo of you because, even though I am not a…
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American Values – The Compromise?
As a 46 year old teacher I for certain have observed this one interesting conundrum and that is, a class full of middle school students could do a better job than the federal government and especially the Democratic party. Why? Because in elementary school is when you build a student foundation and middle school is…
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Crops of Meat
In 1993 I was first introduced to vegetarianism in Olympia, Washington en route to Maui, Hawaii. It took another 7 years before fully committing to it with only two relapses in between. Both times I switched back to being an omnivore, I was in athlete mode and believed a switch back to include meat would…
Observations From the Spectrum 