Recently, I was listening to a podcast featuring investor and philosopher, Naval Ravikant. He spoke about how success was simply an extension of one’s authentic self. For example, a business, a blog, a podcast ideally are reflections of that person’...
At the end of each semester, I require students in my college classes to participate in what’s called a Warrior’s Examination, an oral assessment, where a person must spontaneously (and courageously, hence the term, warrior) answer a randomly chosen...
As an educator, I’ve always been interested in learning experiences that have a transformative power. I believe that to be authentic, learning—along with gaining content—should encourage a paradigm shift, a change in perspective, within the learner...
To say that schools forced to operate online during the pandemic were a complete “failure” as the Wall Street Journal reported in a June 5 article is not fair to educators.
While the article acknowledges that teachers did not have adequate time to...
It gets in your eyes
It's making you cry
Don't know what to do
Don't know what to do
You're looking for love
Calling heaven above
Send me an angel
Send me an angel
Right now, right now
(“Send Me an Angel” by Real Life)
This blog is essentially...
There’s no test that could have prepared us for this. There’s no class. Not set of predetermined answers to study.
The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged, supervised, baffled, and scared even the brightest, most-educated, and most talented people on...
Education has been turned upside down in light of the coronavirus pandemic. Schools across the country have been closed, and students thrust into remote learning. Teachers, in many cases, have had little or no time to really prepare to deliver this...
If you’re a teacher, you know that teaching can be a highly demanding, stressful job.
Unlike other professions, there is little if any downtime. You must constantly be on and present when teaching children or teenagers. Take your eye of the ball...
I recently spoke with a student teacher, who took an internship in Bahrain, an island nation in the Middle East. She was obviously happy with her new adventure, teaching elementary students on a U.S. base in a foreign country. Obviously, the newness...
I don’t plan like most teachers. I always hated having a comprehensive, detailed script before I taught a lesson.
The reason? Over planning can stifle creativity, flexibility, and being present when teaching.
I have observed teachers who were so...