Bide Your Time
It’s hard to keep your head in the clouds when the dark sky rolls in. It’s easier to duck…
Month: October 2021
Keep Making Mistakes
There’s a big difference between making a mistake versus being careless. Making mistakes means you are putting forth your…
Generosity as Leadership
At the beginning of the year, I was hoping for a complete return to somewhat normal practices. After nearly…
Everyday Talk
If you try to engage in conversations every day, hopefully you’ll learn something important. Maybe it’s a nugget of…
Actual Writing
The goal of any good writing instruction should be actual writing. I watched a strong lesson on figurative language…
Luck
Sometimes you can wait on luck. And sometimes, you can create your own luck. And if you create it…
Students Who Love to Talk!
Do you have that student who loves to talk? It doesn’t matter when or where, but it constantly seems…
Intent Versus Impact
It’s easy to have an intended meaning. Or sometimes an unintended meaning. It’s much more difficult to have a…
Conventional Wisdom
I’m reading the book Big Data Baseball, about the 2013 Pittsburgh Pirates and how they used the influx of…
A Moment
A month into the school year, and it feels like we are operating at break neck pace. It only…