I’m putting on my “game face,” getting into the groove, going deep inside myself, pondering, reflecting, feeling, thinking, rethinking, picturing, rehearsing. I feel the gates of my adrenal glands are slowly opening. I always get this way before I present at a conference or do an on-campus workshop. In this case, I’m am getting [...]
Two students struggling. Two conversations. I’m struggling to help each of them motivate themselves, to see the motivating “why” of getting an education, to understand the relevant meaning and purpose of an education to their lives. I ask them, “Why are you here?” One tells me that the only reason he is at the [...]
It was a sharp low-fifties out there this early or late morning. I’m not sure which. I hate this time change. Anyway, as I cut through the crisp air, several things started to come together. I felt myself getting in the groove for a day-long workshop on creating a motivating classroom and a major [...]
