Courage… Friday Flick: “If I Should Have a Daughter” 25 Mar 201125 Mar 2011 Between sharing two of her own polished pieces, poet Sarah Kay shares her own creative emergence and that of her students. She suggests listing ten things you know to be true.…
Creativity… Friday Flick: Infinity Elephants 18 Mar 201119 Mar 2011 Meet Vi Hart "mathemusician" and infinitely creative. (I wonder what she was like as a kindergartner.) Here's one of her math doodle games.
Blogging… Teachers Appear 3 Mar 20113 Mar 2011 Learn a new word and hear it everywhere. Begin a practice and support appears. As I practice breathing this year, it appears that meditation and yoga have taken over the…
Change the World… You Can’t Want It More than They Do 2 Mar 2011 A dear friend often reminds me: "You can't want it more than they do!" How often have I campaigned for someone's results so relentlessly, I've forgotten whose fight it was.…
Change the World… Stories from College Drop-In Steve Jobs 1 Mar 201110 Mar 2011 “You can’t connect the dots looking forward. You can only connect them looking backwards, so you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have…
Change the World… Not Without Encouragement 24 Feb 201125 Feb 2011 An Egyptian explained why he was helping donate food and medical supplies to protesting Libyans: because people can live without food, without medicine, but not without encouragement.1 Survivors fresh from…
Brain… Writing into the Darkness 22 Feb 201125 Feb 2011 Author and herb farmer Tom DeBaggio died yesterday. He put us on notice over a decade ago, describing his early onset Alzheimer's as "the closest thing to being eaten alive." …
Change the World… Glow in the Dark 21 Feb 201125 Feb 2011 After spending our holiday immersed in a science center, absorbing sights and sounds, marveling at the microscopic and the telescopic, I'm not ready to write. Images and ideas are swirling,…
Emergence… Gratitude List for Hard Times 16 Feb 201117 Feb 2011 The usual, taken-for-granted, like breath, life, food, roof, clothes People whose ordeals seem considerably worse Problems you used to have, which have mercifully passed away Loved ones People you enjoy…
Academic Writing… Why Do I Have to Take this Class Anyway? 10 Feb 201112 Feb 2011 I haven't studied math since high school. I excelled in it. I took all four years of accelerated classes, keeping college majoring options open. Then I tested out of college…
Baby Boomers… How to Stop Time 9 Feb 20119 Feb 2011 A student who's juggling unemployment stress and family crises (while still getting his schoolwork done) asked, "Can you just tell me how to stop time?" The same day, my son…
Academic Writing… How to Get that Easy A 3 Feb 20113 Feb 2011 Show up. Show up on time, every time. Stay the whole time. Read the instructions. Listen to instructions. Try common sense. Be sober. Care for your health. Choose to learn.…
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