by Dawn | Dec 1, 2015 | education reform, self-improvement, Teaching
If you haven’t heard Paul Burgett’s “The Fiery Furnace” speech (here on Soundcloud) you must. It’s one of the greatest speeches of all times. I like to listen to a good speech. A good speech makes me laugh then punches me in the gut,...
by Dawn | Jan 27, 2014 | self-improvement
“You box?” asked my friend. “Boxing” is a specific art. I can’t say I box. Do I own boxing gear? Full contact safety stuff with a gag reflex mouthpiece, “get bashed in the head” Olympic headgear, and 14-ounce gloves because I...
by Dawn | Jul 19, 2013 | business, self-improvement
“You need to attend to your LinkedIn.” My brother reviewed it for me. He sees lots of resumes. It was okay for my first career, but it needed to be freshened up and updated for the 21st century. It was stodgy, like a historian wrote it. Because I teach...
by Dawn | Feb 9, 2013 | gratitude, Rhode Island
I lived in upstate New York through the ice storm of 1993. It reminded me of Narnia–probably, to this day, the most striking thing I have ever seen. It was stunning. Crystal ice encasing trees, bowing their branches in genuflection toward nature, refracting a...
by Dawn | Dec 15, 2012 | family, organization, parenting, satire, Teaching, technology
Yesterday I made a strategic error in lesson planning. I wanted some old-school fun that disguised learning. Some “edutainment.” I needed the quickest of projects that showed mastery of the Bill of Rights, synthesized some research, and didn’t look...
