It’s been a long week, full of humanity. Way back in February, I gave a TEDx talk on humanizing pedagogies, which in short asked what might happen if we re-conceptualized our perception of excellence, specifically educational excellence, but generally was really talking about what happened if we really started listening to and learning from one […]
Month: September 2020
Giving Thanks
This has been a very hard last month, transitioning into the school year. To say otherwise would be to lie, and I am nothing if not honest. There have been many things to carry. Many things to learn. Many obstacles to navigate. Many breaths to breathe. But I am learning and I am navigating and […]
Give Them Their Flowers While They’re Still Here
This afternoon, I was sitting in virtual office hours (so actually, I was sitting at my computer on zoom where I am most of my waking hours, except I was by myself because no one dropped in) and the doorbell rang. I wasn’t expecting anything. After about 3 minutes, I got a text from my […]
Writing as Healing
I believe in myself. I believe in the power of reflection and of writing. I believe that when we take the time to reflect and when we take the time to record these reflections, we leave notes to our future selves and to our past selves and to our present selves that we are enough, […]