If you are a conservative, get our there and vote. Know your candidates. Research them. Look at their voting record and the decisions they have made. Then, vote. Tired of your tax dollars leaving your neighborhoods for someone else’s projects? Vote. Tired of geopolitical chaos? Vote. Tired of educational bureaucrats […]
Category: Values
The Persecution of Christians Within the Teaching Profession
I wish I could say that this doesn’t happen. It does. It happens nationally. It happens at the state level. It happens in Kingsport. It happens far, far too often. Persecution for being a believer, for speaking up, and for doing the right thing is going to cause you problems […]
Surround Yourself w/ Good Counsel
You are who you surround yourself with. Parents teach their children this. Wise children listen. We talked yesterday about the pitfalls of “group think.” Conversely today, the discussion will revolve around who we need to surround ourselves with. Hint: It isn’t the group think crowd. wise counsel: having or showing […]
We cannot quantify our lives with a number….
I have grown to really dislike benchmark testing. At its root purpose, it just seems wrong. Believe me, I know all of the reasons why it is in vogue. I have “lived it” both as a parent and teacher, and grow more uncomfortable with the process with each passing day. […]
Barbecue Sauce
I love Ted Lasso, and I love what Ted Lasso stands for. He self proclaims that he was been underestimated for his entire life. He says to, “Be curious, not judgemental.” It is a quote by (not) Walt Whitman. Take a second and watch this clip. The writing is awesome. […]
Relevancy in the Age of Information: Montessori Instructional Design vs Data Driven Instructional Design
Our school system’s convocation years ago featured a man who noted that within just a few short years our public schools would be rendered antiquated relics due to technology advancing so quickly that schools could not keep up with it. He was right. In my previous post, I was critical […]
Raising Courageous Young Men
How do we develop young men who possess the courage to stand up for what is right? Whew. That is not an easy answer. In our gender neutral society, I know it is unpopular to differentiate between the sexes. I am not going to bombard you with Bible verses which […]
What they really need to hear….
I can promise you that as educators that there are gonna be some days that break your heart. You are going to be left searching for meaning, and grasping for the right words to say. The heaviness of those moments will hang like a thick fog on a September morning, […]
An Introduction
The “why” to this blog….