Photo by cottonbro studio on Pexels.com I love learning—I really do. But my dreadful experience with “school” still influences much of my work in education. I hated “school.” It was pointless for me, as it is for so many other students. From...
An actual photo of the actual state of my books. And this isn’t all of them… About two years ago, I admitted that I had a book problem. I’ve heard that the first step to overcoming a problem is admitting that you have one. Plot twist: That didn’t work. I still...
Greetings Starfighters, If I’ve learned anything in this life, it’s that we creative folk have to stick together. At the heart of it all, we are our own worst critics, thinking that no matter what we do or how amazing it may be, we are totally worthless, and our work...
Photo by Rahul Pandit on Unsplash Greetings Starfighters, The enemy is at the gates, things have fallen apart. The center does not hold… Yes, I’m being dramatic. The climax of Derby Week is here in Kentucky with the running of the Kentucky Oaks today and the 150th...
After letting it sit on my bookshelf for almost a year, I dove into this book from Ron Berger. I wish I had started sooner. So many thoughts and ideas about what school can be for our students showed up in this book, helping me feel like I’m not crazy.Anyone...
