May 2008
1 post
April 2008
1 post
Leave it to Lee!
I just came across this excerpt from Lee Iacocca’s book Where Have All the Leaders Gone? I credit the folks at Leadership Now for the excerpt, but the feelings are definitely all Lee Iacocca! I’m adding this book to my summer reading list this year. Am I the only guy in this country who’s fed up with what’s happening? Where the hell is our outrage? We should be screaming...
March 2008
6 posts
Humor Yesterday, Seriousness Today
Yesterday morning I felt the need for a little humor. Today, after reading through the posts on Twitter, I’m feeling a bit more serious. After reading a post by Alec Couros ( @courosa), I felt the need to pass along this information. It is hard to believe, but there are more slaves on our planet today than at any other time in human history according to author Benjamin Skinner in his book A...
What's Next?
I’m trying to decide how I will use this tumblr blog. I have my teacher’s blog that I started recently (http://notesfrommcteach.blogspot.com), and I envision this tumblr blog to be something more personal. A place to write about all that happens in my life as a human being, as opposed to my life as a teacher (not that the two are mutually exclusive - although some may argue...
Good Friday
It is the first day of spring break (which I get to call ‘Easter vacation’ since I work at a Catholic school!) and I woke up with a whopper of a cold. I was sick for my entire Christmas break, so I’m feeling more than a little irritated right now. I’m trying to make myself see the upside of this…now I have an excuse to lay my tired body on the couch all weekend and...
“The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days...”
– Jack London (1876-1916)
Good Morning!
Report cards are due this week, so I’m busy grading papers and entering grades today! Really interesting process when you have a migraine!