When Sky and her mom walked into my classroom four years ago for Open House night to launch the 2017-2018 school year, I was taken aback when Sky (a brand new 6th grade student whom I was meeting for the first time) looked right at me, stomped her foot, and said, “I hate reading.” The … [Read more…]
I’ve written about change in multiple posts, with a March 7 post dedicated entirely to it. My family is the consistent benefactor of a phrase that I borrowed from George Couros (I think!… and I’m paraphrasing here): “Change is inevitable. You can either resist it, accept it, or embrace it. Whatever you choose, change is … [Read more…]
Change Change is hard. Change is (often, but not always), necessary. Change is uncomfortable. Change is inevitable. In the words of Jack Canfield, “Change is inevitable in life. You can either resist it and potentially get run over by it, or you can choose to cooperate with it, adapt to it and learn how to … [Read more…]