why i love being an educator

  Despite the many roles I play in life, I spend most of my days at a school.   With that comes moments of “are you sure you’re cut out for this line of work” only to be balanced  with “I am one of the fortunate ones to love the work I do“.  This often…

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expect less

Chances are, I would make an awful self-help guru. Tony Robbins and his contemporaries will likely hold a public shunning upon reading my new mantra for this upcoming school year.   My mantra is:         ~ expect less ~   Brutal, right?   Where’s the set-the-bar-high pep talk? Where’s the you-can-do-anything-you-set-your-mind-to encouragement…

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student, teacher, student

  A four-leaf clover.  In my front yard. On this day.  A day of no work.  A day of rest. The start of a sabbatical, of sorts. A day of sitting longer at the table after lunch and talking about everything and nothing. Laughing. Listening to the midday downpour through the screen door. A day…

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