In his parable, Who Moved My Cheese? (G.P.Putnam’s Sons, 1998), Spencer Johnson exposes many human behaviors as four characters (two mice and two Littlepeople) live in a maze searching daily for their cheese. Cheese is used as a metaphor for things we work for, need, and desire in life. It makes us happy. The two [...]
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Fear The Unknown. Taking that first step. Fear Can be debilitating. There are fears in life and fears in education. A fear of trying something new, changing with the times, giving it your all (even if it’s different) and giving something time to work. Chances are, if your reading this you may not be one [...]
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One thing that I have learned from being in the non-profit world with an organization like Arts @ Large, that brings the art community together with the public school, is that you must have a passion for whatever it is that you do and that you what your company stands for. That is why attending [...]
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In Elizabeth Gilbert’s New York Times Bestseller, Eat, Pray Love, she and a friend discuss the fact that every city -and every person- has a word. Rome’s is “sex”, the Vatican’s is “power,” New York’s is “achieve” and L.A.’s is “succeed”. When the friend turns to Elizabeth and asks “what is your word” she struggles [...]
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While in Sicily, Elizabeth Gilbert tries to understand a piece of the pleasure seeking Italian culture. In her book, Eat, Pray, Love, she refers to Luigi Barzini, an Italian journalist and author of The Italians who provides her with a large piece of the puzzle. She writes, “Because the world is so corrupted, misspoken, unstable, [...]
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When I say summer, you say _____________________! break, rest, work, play, classes, beach, reading, vacation, travel, workshops, professional development, sleeping in, going out, family, finally, These are some of the responses I’ve received from teachers. So, I say… all of the above! So many educators do quality work (and play) during the summer and for [...]
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