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The price of experience is arrogance | Just:Words
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Old Blog: Xanga Posts. The price of experience is arrogance. May 7, 2015. We adults have a bit of a problem. I was listening to “Think Like A Child,”. An excellent episode of the Freakonomics podcast focusing on the inflexible thinking strategies of adults and how we can all move toward the good habit of kids to ask tons of questions and expecting the unexpected. Truth is, adults get tangled up in our own experience. Granted, it’s a very. Scary thing is, the. Children struggle against their own inexperie...
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Issues | Just:Words
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Old Blog: Xanga Posts. Things that bother me or make me think or make me want to fight. Letter to a Young High School Teacher Comment Magazine. September 1, 2016. We teach who we are. Teaching isn’t as much about the what as it is about the who – who you are as a teacher is communicated more thoroughly than any ‘content’ in the lesson plan. Source: Letter to a Young High School Teacher Comment Magazine. This is a great read. Had to share. August 19, 2016. My students rocked my world. I learned to lau...
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Old Blog: Xanga Posts. Sunsets, artistry, life…. nothing really to see here. July 23, 2015. Man, it’s been awhile. Sorry ’bout that. Then again, it’s summer. And what is summer but for relaxing, going to the beach, reading books, and. Seeing horrible news stories about racism and death. So let’s see. What else have I got? Well, there’s this cool hairdo, for one thing:. 8221; when I pass them in the hallway. OK, OK, you twisted my arm, here’s another pic…. Kristina was assigned to be my stylist by the rec...
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Life | Just:Words
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Old Blog: Xanga Posts. Journal-ish entries about my journey through this world. Good night, sweetheart, well it’s time to go. August 9, 2016. I hate goodbyes. It’s better to say “see you next time,” because that leaves all kinds of hope shimmering in the sunlight. It’s hard to leave. 8211; wherever you’ve found yourself for the last. Working and building and arguing and creating. But to everything there is a season, says the Preacher. And this is one of those times. It’s hard to leave. The Holy Grail,.
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Education | Just:Words
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Old Blog: Xanga Posts. I spent 10 years in the classroom. You can bet your pencils that I think about education a lot. Interests: curriculum development; high school; middle school; school reform; ed tech; grace-based education; relational teaching. Letter to a Young High School Teacher Comment Magazine. September 1, 2016. We teach who we are. Source: Letter to a Young High School Teacher Comment Magazine. This is a great read. Had to share. August 19, 2016. Everything about my world changed when I becam...
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parenting | Just:Words
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Old Blog: Xanga Posts. What Grace in parenting teens might look like. February 6, 2016. Ran across this excellent piece about the storms of parenting adolescents. I had to hold back tears when I read this, because it dredged up deep memories of watching friends and parents I know do this for their teens. Grace always hits me in the feels like that. I usually got to see both sides the fear and fighting from the scared teen, and the pain and fear it caused their parents. August 20, 2015. I’m all abou...
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Link | Format | Just:Words
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Old Blog: Xanga Posts. What Grace in parenting teens might look like. February 6, 2016. Ran across this excellent piece about the storms of parenting adolescents. I had to hold back tears when I read this, because it dredged up deep memories of watching friends and parents I know do this for their teens. Grace always hits me in the feels like that. I usually got to see both sides the fear and fighting from the scared teen, and the pain and fear it caused their parents. The Petard Pinch on Vimeo. Really&#...
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Discussion ideas for Ex Machina | Just:Words
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Old Blog: Xanga Posts. Discussion ideas for Ex Machina. May 3, 2015. SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS. Warning: Don’t read this post if you haven’t watched the film Ex Machina, because 1) you really really should go see this movie* even if you don’t think you’ll like it, and 2) therefore, I don’t want to spoil it for you. From the movie website. Is one of the best discussion films I’ve seen in a while – stories that are well worth taking apart afterward (and if I’m with over-21s, a p...I invite you to...
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teaching | Just:Words
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Old Blog: Xanga Posts. September 30, 2015. 8220;The Process.”. We should print it in big, bold letters because that’s how this idea rolls:. I’m teaching this semester, and despite all of my emotional hand-wringing in my last post. I genuinely enjoy it. I’ve got a good class and so far they’re working to do what I ask and stay engaged. They keep showing up every day, an effort that I genuinely appreciate. Happens when teachers choose learning activities that engage the student in. Usually by pulling the t...
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Parents, when you want to throttle your teenager, love them instead | Just:Words
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Old Blog: Xanga Posts. Parents, when you want to throttle your teenager, love them instead. July 5, 2015. I’ve never been a parent. I don’t pretend to understand “what it’s like” to raise a child for 18 years and then let him go. What to do with this kid. With that serving as my general disclaimer, I’d like to point out one thing I’ve observed successful parents of teens doing as a key factor in their parenting:. Their posture toward their son/daughter combines genuine, joyful. Let me unpack that. Teenag...