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Autumn is my favorite time of the year. I can’t help but take all the changes in and relish in the variances. What strikes me the most, though, is that some leaves are yellow, some are green, and some are… Continue Reading →
It doesn’t take a lifetime of intense research to see the inequalities in the public school systems that stem from socioeconomic circumstances. I took a drive one day and just looked around Santa Fe. First, I drove through the East… Continue Reading →
Supporting someone in recovery isn’t for everyone. It takes an emotional toll to ride out the ups and downs of someone who’s trying to eliminate what’s become his or her strongest relationship from his or her life. When it comes… Continue Reading →
The scallop shell symbolizes, among other things, those pilgrims who walk the ancient Road to San Tiago in Spain. There have been literally hundreds of books and movies devoted to pilgrims’ experiences on the Road, which is dedicated to St…. Continue Reading →
Leadership requires community: there is no leader without a follower and there is no leader without a sense of service towards that follower, “Creative leaders accept as a law of human nature that people feel a commitment to a decision… Continue Reading →
Elizabeth Wurtzel, in her autobiography, Prozac Nation, describes the depression developmental process as follows: “Depression is a lot like that: Slowly, over the years, the data will accumulate in your heart and mind, a computer program for total negativity will… Continue Reading →
I saw a homeless man, hunched over, in what appeared to be his attempt to ward off the cold wind. I called out to him, but he either didn’t hear me or wasn’t aware of my existence. I came within… Continue Reading →
An oppressive leader or teacher will have as his followers or students people who believe that life is a living death. When a person does not see life as a mission to fulfill, “he or she is a person who… Continue Reading →
There was a time when I had no real answer for the question, “What is the purpose of education?” THe answer seemed to me to be both obvious and circular: The role of education was to educate students. However, I… Continue Reading →
Very few books have real power. Very few books can transform a reader. Very few books can transform an educational system. Joan Wink’s, Critical Pedagogy, Notes from the Real World, is one of those very few books. Critical Pedagogy utilizes… Continue Reading →
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