We listen to American Public Radio’s Writers Almanac each morning as we start our day. (It is part of our ‘Dailies’.) Last year we listened rather passively. This year I am trying to integrate at least one item from the podcast into our day. Today I liked a quote from Goethe (included in honor of his birthday) “Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them become what they are capable of being.”
Today is the 45th Anniversary of the Martin Luther King’s “I have a Dream” speech. We watched the entire speech and used how it made us feel as an example of point of view and perspective. We recognized that someone that had experienced the racism of that time would hear the speech differently they we could – thought we both found it stirring.
A good day brought the first week of the 2008/09 school year at the School of Dad to a good close. We need to step it up next week, and the four day weekend will help me get prepared for that.
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Day 3 - Back to School
It probably says alot about the School of Dad that this first post to the Faculty Blog is being done on the third day of school.
We follow the local public school calender which had the first day of school on Monday, 8/25. Friday 8/29 will be a day off (allowing for a four day Labor Day weekend). I think this is an excellent way to get going. Take four days to reawaken and clear the cobwebs from summer dulled brains, recharge over a long weekend, then begin in earnest the Tuesday after Labor Day.
Ben and I both had plenty of cobwebs to clear.
Ben was having a tough time with some independent assignments this afternoon. When I asked the problem he said, "I was not ready to be back in school."
"Why is that?"
"I was used to just hanging out and being happy and now there is a lot of preassure!"
I assure you the preassure guage could not have been set lower but I appreaciated the point.
These last few days have helped me to formulate a better picture of the year ahead. That picture still is a bit fuzzy and the weekend will be a great opportunity to bring everything into focus.
(Truthfully I feel a bit like I have macular degeneration of the planning process: things are fairly clear around the edges but the path down the middle is quite hazy.)
We follow the local public school calender which had the first day of school on Monday, 8/25. Friday 8/29 will be a day off (allowing for a four day Labor Day weekend). I think this is an excellent way to get going. Take four days to reawaken and clear the cobwebs from summer dulled brains, recharge over a long weekend, then begin in earnest the Tuesday after Labor Day.
Ben and I both had plenty of cobwebs to clear.
Ben was having a tough time with some independent assignments this afternoon. When I asked the problem he said, "I was not ready to be back in school."
"Why is that?"
"I was used to just hanging out and being happy and now there is a lot of preassure!"
I assure you the preassure guage could not have been set lower but I appreaciated the point.
These last few days have helped me to formulate a better picture of the year ahead. That picture still is a bit fuzzy and the weekend will be a great opportunity to bring everything into focus.
(Truthfully I feel a bit like I have macular degeneration of the planning process: things are fairly clear around the edges but the path down the middle is quite hazy.)
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