Getting a spine
My back is hurting. It always hurts when I’m thinking of important things. Things I am passionate about. Things that I need to speak out about. I need to get a spine. More on that later.
Leading From The Heart
by Tracy Rosen, teaching & consulting since 1996, blogging about it here since 2007. All views are my own and you should take them with a grain of salt, I do.
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What I am thankful for at the moment
Coffee in the morning. Seeing my Betty cat come home after 5 days gone. Keith. My students, for sharing. That moment in the classroom where learning clicks into a buzz of activity. Once a month dinner club with the girls is tonight. The theme is Texan. Though I had the best of intentions I hear … What I am thankful for at the moment
What motivates us to do good?
This was what I posted on the blog for my Contemporary World Issues class today. I decided to share it here, too. Have you been thinking of essential questions to do with our reaction to the devastation in Haiti? Have you been talking about this with your students? — I have been addicted to the … What motivates us to do good?
The part that didn’t fail
click image for source So, to most accounts, the dialogue I wrote about in my last post was a big fail. At times it could have been described as bedlam, mayhem (what strange little words). It was the debrief that didn’t fail, the debrief with the student who, as I told him, held the class … The part that didn’t fail
I can not change what I tolerate
This morning I yelled. But big. At my dogs, at my cat, at my house, at my students. I adopted a cat (Betty) a few weeks ago because of the mice. Not into mice. But my big dog (Toby) stalks her and my little dog (Jacob) alternates between ignoring her, stealing her toys, and barking … I can not change what I tolerate