Year: 2016

18. How do you keep #MLKDay in your household? #LifeWideLearning16@bhwilkoff — Zac Chase (@MrChase) January 18, 2016 My wife’s father is a black man, originally from New Orleans. Because of this, she grew up not knowing which bubble to fill in on the Iowa Test of Basic Skills. Her teachers told her to …

17. How do you make up your mind? #LifeWideLearning16@bhwilkoff — Zac Chase (@MrChase) January 17, 2016 I left my wife home with my one and a half year old when she was incredibly sick. She was in pain and I left her because I had something that I “couldn’t miss” …

16. What do your kids think is most important in life? #LifeWideLearning16@bhwilkoff — Zac Chase (@MrChase) January 16, 2016 My children know what they want. They want to have a snack. They want to play Minecraft. They want to have a playdate. They want to play with a particular toy. …

15. How do you know you’re learning? #LifeWideLearning16@bhwilkoff — Zac Chase (@MrChase) January 15, 2016 There are two types of learning: Things that I have not yet considered. Things that I have not yet done. Learning is held within the words “not yet”. Once the learning occurs, the “not yet” dissolves …

14. What kind of noise do you need to work? #LifeWideLearning16@bhwilkoff — Zac Chase (@MrChase) January 14, 2016 I fidget, relentlessly. I have two rings that do not stay on my fingers for more than 20 minutes at a time. I run my fingers through my hair and rub my beard …

13. What do you hope to see from this last year of the Obama administration? #LifeWideLearning16@bhwilkoff — Zac Chase (@MrChase) January 13, 2016 My first smartphone was a blackberry. It was the kind with the little trackball in the middle and a physical keyboard that was an absolute joy to type on. …

12. What are three books that defined you? #LifeWideLearning16@bhwilkoff — Zac Chase (@MrChase) January 12, 2016   There are very few books that I read more than once. Even fewer are the books that I feel compelled to come back to again and again because they feel like home. These books …

11. What is one thing you’d like to stay as it is? #LifeWideLearning16@bhwilkoff — Zac Chase (@MrChase) January 11, 2016 I once went to a the Denver Zen Center with my wife. We went for an introduction to meditation and to learn by attempting it ourselves. The building was absolutely …