Archive for December, 2002

Seeds in Bare Spots

Well, I met Henry and his parents after Saturday’s morning graduation. We were looking for each other. Our eyes caught. We cut through the crowd. We hugged as his proud parents looked on. “You’re here!” “Told you I would be. Because of you, I’ll be at both graduations today.” Henry introduced me to his parents. [...]

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No pain, no gain

Brrrrrrr! It was in the very low 30′s this morning. Even the cockroaches were wearing mukluks on all their feet. My body was saved only because it was wrapped like a mummy by my thermals. As I walked the my icy six mile course, I started thinking about events inside and outside the classroom that [...]

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Look At The View

A very, very good morning. It’s 3:00 a.m. Can’t sleep. Thinking about something that happened in class yesterday. One of the students came up to me, smiled, and said something quietly to me. I smiled back. And, in the spirit of Forrest Gump, “That’s all I’m going to say about that.” While I waiting for [...]

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