Archive for August 2019
An Interview with Kindergarteners
This interview took place in 2013 with Alice’s (then) six-year old twins, Miller and Lillian, soon after they started Kindergarten. Why do you have to go to school? Miller: To learn. Lillian: Because our moms and dads are at work and we won’t have anywhere to stay so we go to school to learn. What…
Read MoreHow To Ruin A Perfectly Good Year
In order to ruin a perfectly good year, you will need to get a few things in place. The first item is to make sure you have a crazy morning routine. Wake up late, don’t eat, roll into school with no plans (and almost no gas), and continue the day in a mode of reaction. This will…
Read MoreWhat You Feed is What You Grow
When you grow up in the southern United States, you grow up around food. It’s how we create community and build fellowship. The culture is figuratively and literally rooted in the soil (or red clay as the case may be for some of us), and those of us of a certain age learned the seasons…
Read MoreYour People
It is very tempting to be frustrated with the current state of education, get annoyed with colleagues and/or leaders, and work really hard to become an island. During this back to school season, it is not uncommon to carry our former issues right through the front door and hold them tight as we begin another…
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