A while back, my friend, Alan Bender at IU, asked me to make a priority list of the most important roles of education. Before I could reply, I got hit with that cerebral hemorrhage, went on medical leave, and I admittedly forgot to answer him. Then, a few days ago I read a message [...]
A chilly good morning. I just got a message from Kenny “demanding” another word from “My Dictionary of Good Teaching.” That’s curious since I had been thinking about him on my walk this pre-dawn morning and had realized I hadn’t sent him a word in quite a while. This morning I sent him the [...]
So, there I was, in the waiting area of the Atlanta airport, waiting–and waiting–and waiting. I was futilely struggling to concentrate on my Chinese language lessons. I felt like a Jekyll and Hyde, exhilarated and, though I kept my promise to Susan not to over do it, emotionally drained and physically dog-tired. I had [...]
