Sometimes It's Hard To Just Keep Going But Faith Is Moving Without Knowing

In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.

- Robert Frost

It must be Thursday. I never could get the hang of Thursdays.

-Arthur Dent, A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist.

Oscar Wilde

Where do I begin? I spent the last thirty minutes listening to a group of arrogant and condescending non educators disrespect my colleagues and profession. I listened to a group of disingenuous people whose own self-interests guide their policies rather than the interests of children. I listened to a cabal of people who sit on national education committees that will have a profound impact on classroom teaching practices. And I heard nothing of value. "I'm thinking about the current health care debate," I said. "And I am wondering if I will be asked to sit on a national committee charged with the task of creating a core curriculum of medical procedures to be used in hospital emergency rooms." The strange little man cocks his head and, suddenly, the fly on the wall has everyone's attention. "I realize that most people would think I am unqualified to sit on such a committee because I am not a doctor, I have never worked in an emergency room, and I have never treated a single patient. So what? Today I have listened to people who are not teachers, have never worked in a classroom, and have never taught a single student tell me how to teach."

2009 National Teacher of the Year Anthony Mullen, describing his experience at a national conference on the future of teaching in his blog post, “Teachers Should Be Seen and Not Heard.” This should be read. (via politicalprof)

You can’t stay the same. If you’re a musician and a singer, you have to change, that’s the way it works.

Van Morrison

This guy is amazing. So much respect.

Happy Friday!

I've come to realize what a hard simple truth it is: one must pursue the dream to live the dream.

This is how I feel every Friday!

"If you can't change your fate, change your attitude."

Amy Tan