“Put your own oxygen mask on first.” – Flight Attendants everywhere! The Unseen Drain on Our Reserves If you’ve spent more than a day in a K-12 classroom, a school office, or navigating the labyrinthine halls of educational administration, you know the feeling. It’s that unique blend of exhilaration and utter exhaustion, often within the […]
“Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.” — Often attributed to Marcus Aurelius (and close to the spirit of the Cynic philosopher Monimus) We live in a world where information is constant, but clarity is rare. You’ve likely heard the quote above cited as
If you would have told 16-year-old me—the one hunched over a keyboard typing 10 PRINT “HELLO” and 20 GOTO 10 in BASIC—that I’d eventually be presenting at the Ohio Educational Technology Conference (OETC), I probably would’ve asked if we had flying cars yet. (Actually, since OETC didn’t even exist back then, I probably would have
“And the young warrior asked his grandfather, “Which wolf wins?” His grandfather smiled and simply said, “The one you feed.” — Cherokee Story Have you ever felt an internal battle raging in your mind? That constant, exhausting tension between what you should and shouldn’t do; between right and wrong, good and evil? We’ve all been
“It is a mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.” — Often attributed to Aristotle (and close to the spirit of his Nicomachean Ethics) Have you ever been in a discussion where the person you’re talking to completely refuses to engage with any idea that challenges their
