I have been in a deep funk the last few days…weeks…months, my friends. Today, I finally figured out (again) what’s been going on. I have been doing too much. If you know me, in real life, or via this blog, you’ll know that this is no great revelation and nothing new. I do too much. […]
Month: May 2019
You’ll Never Walk Alone
Dear graduating 2019 MA Cohort in the Linked Learning Curriculum & Instruction program (and friends), This morning as I woke up, I saw your many posts from commencement last night. I saw the joy of celebrating this momentous occasion with students, colleagues, friends and family. I saw the light of the culmination of a program […]
Today
There is so much to say, so much I haven’t written, and I don’t know where to start, so I will start by writing. When I was in graduate school, a mentor once taught me about the concept of “brain dumping” and “writing to clarity.” It is this process where you have so many things […]
When the Teacher Becomes a Student
It’s almost the end of my first semester of Chinese classes. I started this semester 3.5 months ago with a few phrases of spoken Mandarin (mixed with some Taiwanese words that I didn’t realize weren’t Mandarin) and a lot of fear. I’m ending having mastered at least 100 characters and having a decent grasp of […]