education
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A Leap of Faith
This is not the first time I have taken a huge leap of faith, stepped out, trusted what I was told, and took the chance. It is, however, the first time that leap of faith has risked upsetting the delicate apple cart of my children and meant Mike would leave the job (and vested retirement)… Continue reading
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Measuring Growth: Personal Journeys in Education and Life
In education, we often talk about growth being measurable. We assign numbers to the growth we want students to achieve so we can track if the student is reaching their goals. “Student will raise their hand 4 of 5 times and wait to be called on.” Personally, I am not a fan of Continue reading
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The Lies We Tell Our Children
As for the ever-changing workplace, what is considered professional is always shifting, and the remote working environment brought about by COVID19 added overdrive to the speed of change. Gone are the days when women worked in a tea-length dress with heels and a simple strand of pearls. My mentor explained when she first started her… Continue reading
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Happy Graduation Season: Let’s Celebrate
It is the time of year when we celebrate the accomplishments of completing an educational journey, when lunches and dinners are had in honor of diplomas and degrees. This is also the time when other people provide unsolicited advice on what the graduates should do with their lives now that they have been educated and… Continue reading
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A Rose By Any Other Name
When you respectfully ask another individual to help you understand why their name is so important to them, you are not only gaining understanding and participating in a human-to-human activity, but you are also telling that person that you see them, you hear them, and you are trying to learn to support them. If you… Continue reading
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Children Outside The Box
I wish I had a list of famous women to draw inspiration from when I was that child who was in trouble just for being herself. If I could go back in time and sit down with her, I would tell her to not worry about the inability to fit in the box others wanted… Continue reading
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Vacationing with Autism
At the end of the day, our successes and failures in vacationing with autism have taught us that we have to account for how autism will impact our plans. It cannot be ignored. It is a part of who our buddy is at his very core. So we plan with him instead of around him.… Continue reading
Education, etc. 