No Expectations
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No Expectations

  Trying to manage the expectations when there are no expectations. You do one thing under the guidance that you are given, only for the initial guidance to be obsolete…
Normalcy
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Normalcy

  Normalcy. The experts say we should develop a sense of normalcy. Especially now. It’s a weird thing. Normalcy. Because you never focus on it when things are normal. You…
Pace Yourself
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Pace Yourself

  A message to all of our students, teachers, and families at this time: Pace yourself.   Recognize that none of us have done this before. Don’t expect that you…
Hope
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Hope

  Our school dismissed students early on Friday afternoon. The idea was to give teachers additional time to prepare for remote learning after it had been announced that our district…
Expecting the Worse
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Expecting the Worse

There are many days when this job seems impossible. The days seem long and hard, plot twists revealing things you’ve never experienced before. You don’t want to think about it,…
Still Undefeated
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Still Undefeated

  It’s much easier to resist change. To work around it. To wait it out. To simply ignore and hope it goes away.   Being a part of the change...…
Stop Editing
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Stop Editing

  As children we were willing to sing, dance, and sneak into bed with a colander in our pants, but now, as adults, day by day, little by little, we…
The Code
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The Code

“The code is more what you call guidelines than actual rules.” -Barbossa (Pirates of the Caribbean)   Guidelines are great. Sometimes, you have to operate at someone else’s pace or…
Kids Make Mistakes
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Kids Make Mistakes

  Kids make mistakes. And oftentimes it’s because they can’t regulate their emotions. An angry outburst or a moment of weakness should not be met with it’s equal. I’ve often…
Better
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Better

  I typically don’t look forward to the fanfare of New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day. For me, it is usually just another day. But this year, I’m feeling…