"The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to think...the ones who never yawn nor say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars."

-Jack Kerouac

“There are three things which are real: 

God, human folly and laughter.

The first two are beyond our comprehension. 

    So we must do what we can with the third.”    

            - The Ramayana.  

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 Fast out of the gate

A gallimaufry of educational ideas, opinions and practices

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Those who can

DO

Those who can do more

TEACH

"It is easy to be an elementary schoolteacher. It is difficult to be a good elementary schoolteacher"

-Anon

The Sower

“We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.”

 In 1859 the Great Blondin, the man who invented the high-wire act, announced to the world that he intended to cross Niagara Falls on a tightrope. As the story goes, 5,000 people gathered to watch. Halfway across, Blondin suddenly stopped, steadied himself, back flipped into the air, landed squarely on the rope, and then continued safely to the other side. Just as he was about to begin yet another crossing, this time pushing a wheelbarrow, he turned to the crowd and shouted, "Who believes that I can cross pushing this wheelbarrow?" Every hand in the crowd went up. Blondin pointed at one man.
"Do you believe that I can do it?" he asked.
"Yes, I believe you can," said the man.
"Are you certain?" Blondin asked.
"Yes," said the man.
"Absolutely certain?"
"Yes, absolutely certain."
"Thank you," said Blondin. "Then, sir, get into the wheelbarrow."

They Build Too Low

Who Build Beneath The Skies!
    

I. M. Pei, Architect

Chase What Matters!

Ethos, Logos, Pathos

Veni, Vidi, Velcro

I came, I saw, I stuck around