Star Trek: The Next Generation’s series run came to an end with a emphatic two parter. It remains one of the greatest ways to close out a legendary television show and the show runners knew how to close out the show. The title of the shows was, “All Good Things”Continue Reading
Never let it be said that I’m a perfect and infallible teacher – because that’s simply never going to be the case. We, as educators, are always under construction and learning every day as we teach. For me, a moment like this occurred a few weeks ago. I wrote thisContinue Reading
2017. What a year. I’ve been wrestling with how to write this post because this is my last post as a college student. I’ve been writing about my experiences since January 2014 and every new semester has been a challenge and a benefit. As I was counting down to theContinue Reading
In the movie “Grosse Pointe Blank”, John Cusack’s character is meeting up with his high school sweetheart on the eve of their high school reunion. And they have a conversation about what he needs. Minnie Driver’s character suggests he needs a “Shockabuku” which she translates as a spiritual kick toContinue Reading
What a journey it has been. Since January of 2014 I’ve been on a path of rebirth, renew, and rebuilding. It hasn’t been without pain – those moments where I found the need to change required some hard decisions. It hasn’t been without heartache – having to lose the socialContinue Reading
The Gorilla Position was named for Gorilla Monsoon – one of the biggest figures in the early days of the professional wrestling world. Wikipedia describes it thusly, The staging area just behind the curtain where wrestlers come out to the ring, named after Gorilla Monsoon. Refers to a wrestler whoContinue Reading
Why yes, the headline refers to Van Morrison’s hit, which you can listen to here. It’s been an alarming three months since I sat down to ponder my education, but I had my reasons. I spent 205(!) hours working the some seriously amazing middle school students. My college coursework brokeContinue Reading
Up until this semester everything has followed the traditional school path. Go to class. Attend the lecture with notebook and pen answering questions, participating at an acceptable level of activity and turn in the homework, essays and reading responses. Do those things and you have a excellent chance at passingContinue Reading
If you’ve never seen the movie that serves as the title for this post you need to drop whatever you’re doing and buy, rent or stream it. It is a classic car and truck movie. But there’s one specific car in that movie that inspired plenty of petrol heads toContinue Reading