Teenage boys, in particular, from about the age of 5th grade on up, seem to feel life is grossly unfair (and it is!).  Many of my students live in a “sea not of their own making.”  No pretty metaphors can make it better, but…in their objections [insert eye rolls here] do not go unnoticed or unappreciated.  There’s nothing to do but dive in.  I wish I could reach them. but instead I’ll do my best to be present in their classroom lives.  That’s what all students deserve again, and again, and again.

Source: Again, and again, and again.

As in life, how do we “let go” in the classroom?

Source: LETTING go?

Restlessness rather than mindset?  Resistance in the classroom (and other places)…#liveoutsidetheautobiography

Source: Restlessness.

Somewhere along the way, students (and teachers) believe they “can’t.”  Learning and life are imperfect, messy, moving, changing.  Meditation offers a point of stillness from which to see that all is as it should be.

Source: Unconditionally Capable.

The simplest practices in the classroom often go overlooked, especially by the teacher.  Here I suggest (to myself) hitting the simple reset button prior to my teaching day in order to be present.  #yoga

Source: Repeat.

The tussle with learning is life-affirming.

Source: Tussle.

There are beginnings that I look forward to, and then there are beginnings where real growth happens.

Source: Beginnings Again