“Top Ten Serious Afflictions Among Educators”
10. MABS – Myopic, Apathetic, Blame Syndrome – This disease is characterized by lack of vision, indifference and the attempt to shift responsibility to other people. (see following ailment). 9. PEST – Plasmapheretic Educational System Transference – A condition recognized in those who drain the organism and then because of inactivity offer bureacracy as a
0The Most Recent Decade
At the conclusion of the most recent decade (2000-2010) I have learned what works and what the critical variables are in the education/learning equation. And it has taken me back to the beginning. I call it the full circle of success – common vision, common values, and common purpose. If we are to succeed in
0Christmas and Stuff
A funny thing happened last week on the way to Best Buy. I was listening to NPR and an interview with Annie Leonard, author of The Story of Stuff. If you know the book, then nothing more need be said but if you don’t, the sub-title is “How our Obsession with Stuff is Trashing the
0Celebrating Veterans’ Day
With November 11 approaching and knowing that at least one of my colleagues has a holiday on Monday, my thoughts turned to the occasion of the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918 that marked the end of World War I. I wonder if perhaps we should do even more
0PEST – Post Election Stress Thoughts
Waking up this morning to yesterday’s election results shows what we all know, that this is a country that is polarized, divided and fractured. The political divisions are significant because they are along race, class and ethnic lines, they are clearly socio-economic, and these differences must be bridged somehow if we are to become
0CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION
Some passing thoughts on creativity, innovation…… “We all operate in two contrasting modes, which might be called open and closed. The open mode is more relaxed, more receptive, more exploratory, more democratic, more playful and more humorous. The closed mode is the tighter, more rigid, more hierarchical, more tunnel-visioned. Most people, unfortunately spend most
0A Personal Reflection
$1749.20 per ounce – The Price of Gold and My Priceless Golden Girl 7:30 AM, October 14, Abiquiu, New Mexico The sun is streaming through the cottonwood trees and it is as if this brilliant sunlight is making them shine like gold. I look out my three office windows into a veritable forest of gold,
0LEARNING from ASINTMAH (earth/nature goddess, Native American)
Fall Colors! Photosynthesis is as natural to plants as eating is to humans. In fact, there are some similarities with several significant exceptions. One is that plants seldom overeat. They take what they need, water from the ground through their roots, CO2 from the air and sunlight to turn water and CO2 into oxygen and
0REVISE AND REVIVE
I was called recently by a school head to see if I would be interested in helping him and a few others look at their most recent strategic plan and explore ways that it might be renewed, revitalized and given some new life and energy. At least that is what I heard in his question.
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