Optimism isn’t necessary when you are making important changes within your school. You are making great things into a reality: I’m not sure I see this message as optimism. It is building people up rather than tearing them down. It is filling them with growth rather than fixing them to a …
An analysis of shadows for Groundhog day: Your analysis of shadows is really wonderful. I love the way in which you have laid out the case for “looking around” and seeing just how large (or small) of a shadow you have cast. Your affect on others is profound, and it …
Should we sell our content to one another? I think we can come up with a better approach: I think you have hit upon something central to “why we become teachers.” I don’t think any of us do this so that we may become rich, however we are trying to …
Children are not “broken” and they do not need to be “fixed”: I think that your thoughts on the “brokenness” of students are spot on. You have identified a belief system that many in education have without acknowledging it. If we believe students are broken and it is our job …