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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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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In her book Eat, Pray, Love, Elizabeth Gilbert, travels to three countries to find herself once again. The first place she travels to is Italy – in an attempt to seek and experience pure pleasure. The Italians she comes across have no problem with this idea, in fact they applaud and encourage it. However, her [...]
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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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Last week, I took my kids outside and for the first time, I let them run around while I . . . wait for it . . . READ! For nearly 30 uninterrupted minutes! It was amazing: relaxing and invigorating all at once. The best part was that I was reading something that was unrelated [...]
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