#160. Beauty

#160. Beauty

Some of you may have heard me speak about my mantra. Believe it or not, I only have one. Though I believe a lot of things, espouse many beliefs, and am adamant about many ideas, I have only one thing that rises to the level of being my personal mantra. I have held it...
#158. Amy Couldn’t Be More Correct!

#158. Amy Couldn’t Be More Correct!

Amy Poehler affirmed, “Find a group of people who challenge and inspire you, spend a lot of time with them, and it will change your life.” Could any words describe the essence of education better? Every day, teachers challenge and inspire students to learn and...
#157. Reveal That Person

#157. Reveal That Person

I once had a fortune cookie that simply read: “Circumstances do not make the person; circumstances merely reveal that person to themselves.” The power of those words have long stayed with me. Maybe now more than ever we should think about what we reveal about...
#156. How Do We Show Up?

#156. How Do We Show Up?

Each of us finds ourselves teaching differently than a year ago. How’s that for an absurd understatement? Our “classroom” may be a computer screen or a dozen students spread out in a gymnasium. Our proximity to our students may be 6 feet away or may be miles away...