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Movie Recommendation: Maidentrip
We watched a great documentary about a 14 year-old who sailed around the world by herself. It was a powerful reminder of what we’re capable of as humans. We can identify our authentic path and pursue it with passion.It takes a lot of courage. And courage is something we have to build over time. It’s a muscle that needs to be exercised to get stronger and stronger.I recently read an interesting metaphor about courage in a magazine (I was waiting for Henry to get his haircut, so I don’t even remember which one it was!). A little girl had mustered the courage to be part of a performance.… Read More -
Why I Opt-in and Support Standardized Testing
… Read MoreGrowing
up, I always took standardized tests. Every year, our teachers would say, “Get
a good night’s sleep and eat breakfast in the morning. You have a test
tomorrow.” And that was it.I
happened to start my career in education right around the time when this
approach to standardized testing completely shifted under the pressure of the
No Child Left Behind Act.As
an educator for the past 16 years, I’ve seen a lot of bad things. When I taught
in a Title I school in rural Louisiana where more than 90% of children lived
below the federal poverty line, the principal kept a paddle on her wall and -
Planning a Neighborhood Movie Night
When Matt and I were dreaming and scheming about building a house, we purchased a large outdoor movie screen, so that we could invite friends over and watch movies outside.Now that we’ve lived in our house for almost two years, we should get this party started!Maybe once a month? In April, May, June, July, August, and September?We would definitely need to do it after bedtime since our boys go to bed so early. Maybe it could start at 7pm? And we could socialize for the first 30 minutes and then start the movie at 7:30pm?We could just open the back gate and let people enter from… Read More
