Very early Sunday morning. Sleepless leaving Traverse City. Thoughts and feelings are racing through my mind and heart. In the plane somewhere over the East coast heading for Jacksonville, rushing home before Kol Nidre. Feeling heady after three whirlwind days of the Lilly-North conference on collegiate teaching. I really don’t need this flying metal cigar [...]
We academics have some the most unrealistic notions about students that have nothing to do with who they truly are. Louis
I feel myself sliding inside myself. I feel myself slowly getting contemplative. An introspective mood is enveloping me. The ten “Days of Awe,” Jewish High Holy Days beginning with Rosh Hashanah and culminating with Yom Kippur, are upon me. I actually get an additional dose of deep reflection because the Lilly North conference on [...]
The dark, pre-dawn air hung heavy. It was damp, clammy, warm. Everything was blurred by a slight, enveloping fog. As I longed for the calming effect of the starry sky, I thought how in academic certainty can be so fog our senses. And, I thought of another word for Kenny to add to our [...]
I haven’t been in the mood to share any thoughts lately. But, yesterday I was at a joyous Bar Mitzvah party and got into a conversation with an out-of-town guest from New York about the economy. In the course of our exchange, I mentioned that Georgia teachers were being furloughed. Her passing but revealing response [...]
