More fun than one!

Bored? Me, too. Boredom is bearable when it's shareable, though!!!! ;-)

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Open 20.2

In the interest of not aggravating my ab strain (pushing is fine, but pulling is a no-go) I knocked out a single rep for Open 20.2

35# dumbbells shown in video

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Test

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Education Re/Form: The Squeezing of the Middle Class

Education Re/Form: The Squeezing of the Middle Class

Reich’s list of points: Economy doubles since 1980, but wages flat. All gains from the economy go to the super rich. With money comes political power. Huge budget deficits. Middle class divided. Anemic recovery The income ladder is longer than it was during America’s industrial era – its middle rungs have disappeared. Partly, as…

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Education Re/Form: Hell's Classroom

Education Re/Form: Hell’s Classroom

As a former Math for America (MfA) fellow and current secondary math teacher, I’d like to give a hearty Amen to Dr. Ewing’s statement on the dangers of mathematics. One simple demonstration we do in many of my statistics units is to focus on how data are displayed; we show how the same data support contradictory claims depending on what scale you choose for something like a bar graph. It is…

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Education Re/Form: Immigrant Students

Education Re/Form: Immigrant Students

America has long been known as a melting pot, where cultures and languages from around the world have accumulated in pursuit of “The American Dream.” As time has passed, travesties have begun to fade into the haze of history, and a variety of European ethnicities seem to have blended into a generic whiteness that is identified as one dominant American race, a wave of white nationalism has taken…

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Running Will Never Leave You

Running Will Never Leave You

…but what do you do when it does? Three years ago today, my plaster cast came off & I got to start thinking about relearning to walk. (more…)

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Education Re/Form: Federal Policy

Education Re/Form: Federal Policy

The entire point of the free market is to pit companies against one another in a deregulated market. Theoretically, the best companies will survive in an economic sort of natural selection. As it pertains to education, however, the strong ties between corporate business models and this application of free market economics, the political support of rich and vocal believers in deregulating…

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Education Re/Form: Racism In addition to the clips and documentary attached, I took time this week to watch the 2016 documentary 13th (currently available on Netflix) regarding the 13th amendment and our transition from a nation of slavery to a nation of mass incarceration.

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Education Re/Form: African American Males in Education

Education Re/Form: African American Males in Education

Many opinion writers and researchers see their soapbox issue as the most important threat to this or that, so it was interesting to see that Gerson believes the consequences of “…the vast, increasing segregation of young, African-American men and boys from the promise of their country” as a threat to the unity of America. He makes a compelling case for this that is reinforced by what we see in…

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Education Re/Form: Free-Market vs Social Justice The political landscape in America echoes the current climate in education: a market-driven style of dealing with issues and candidates.

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Education Re/Form: Knowledge work and the transfer of stress from economy to education To me, it is interesting to consider the shift in available jobs as one of the roots of our current educational policy focus on accountability and testing.

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Ice Road Teachers

An upside of my apathy toward most things pop culture is that I’ve done a lot of life experiencing. One of the experiences that most drastically affected my life is one to which I frequently refer without ever really talking about. In February of 2014 (strategically planned to take me far from cell phone service during Valentine’s Day) I visited a friend that was teaching in the remote village of…

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Education Re/Form: Trust, Collective Responsibility, and Personal Responsibility

Education Re/Form: Trust, Collective Responsibility, and Personal Responsibility

“Did the get-tough policy produce results? Did it lead to higher student test scores? These may not be the right questions. It makes more sense to ask whether a policy of coercion can create good schools. Can teachers successfully educate children to think for themselves if teachers are not treated as professionals who think for themselves? Can principals be inspiring leaders if they must follow…

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Diversity and Outdoor Recreation

My life has lacked focus since about puberty. That’s about when you stop listening to your parents and start flexing those independence muscles that’ve been developing under the structure of school. But sometimes an idea finds you that ties all those loose ends and dead ends together into one narrative. For me, a background in youth development and outdoor recreation transitioned to a career in…

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A Reflective Paradox

Reflection & some level of analysis (as opposed to the anxious tendency to over-analyze) is a necessary part of the journey to mastery. But teaching is a feast or famine profession for the first few years. During the summer, I have plenty of time to write down my observations and pick them apart. But during the school year when those memories are fresh and stressful (aka when I would most benefit…

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Nov 12-13 - WTM

Nov 12-13 – WTM

Initial results/thoughts I’ve been training for this event since January. How far did 11 months of preparation get me? 50 miles.

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Oct 15 - OCRWC

Oct 15 – OCRWC

Race results/thoughts

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