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November 18, 2017

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goals or not?

so just had this conversation with my boy shepley, talking about goals. he was saying that it's good to just be able to check some shit off your list-- get something done that you set out to do. Which I get-- no argument. On the other hand, I saw this post on FB recently, put up by some guy in his 20s, talking about how basically your life is a mess and driftless if you DON'T have goals. So get some goals, right?! and tay after 'em... (Cross-fitters, do you agree? ) --- My knee-jerk reaction is... that's some stupid, almost adolescent shit. (and if we're all passing along "wisdom" from some 20something then we're definitely hurting.) But, knee-jerk reaction aside, here are some thoughts: having goals and sticking to them is kind of a Stephen Covey-type thing. You know, "begin with the end in mind" and all that. And there's some good in it, I imagine. Like if I did that more often, I could actually complete some things, "check t

preamble

ok, so here's the thought behind this blog-- I've maintained semi-regular contact with a few friends from college-- a time which is more than half a life-time past. We've all moved along on along our respective paths. The group includes a professor, two teachers, a public health worker, and a musician/writer. These labels are not necessarily that accurate and certainly don't fairly categorize or some up who we've become, but maybe just a jumping-off spot? We're spread across the country and out-of-the-country as well... It's an "interesting" time-- this 49th year (more or less.) Some of us have "been through it", others are embarking on new projects, new work... I mean, hell-- this part is challenging to put in words. But managing all our stuff-- keeping things afloat and our heads above water-- that's a given. The things we have in common: we've hit that 49th year, we all know each other-- we were at the same school for a p

teaching, a ramble part 1

teaching/coaching four classes right now: "brain games" (chess, sudoku, backgammon, 10,000, dominoes...), girls' volleyball, creative writing and personal narrative. at an inner-city school focused on credit recovery, fast-track to graduation, helping marginalized youth who have struggled in other settings. challenges: inconsistent attendance, poor sleep habits (tired students), cell phones, marijuana youth, low academic skills, apathy. pedagogical challenges: the polarity of highly-structured classrooms with timed activities moving kids from one activity to the next-- very teacher-based, top down, get in your seats and let's do this, then this, then this, "do-nows", "exit tickets" and all that... pros of this included commanding kids' attention-- like jumping into a swift river. the tempo is set and they are swept along (or not). cons of this: heavily dependent on the teacher and teacher prep. What's wrong with that? Isn't that

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