You're gonna miss thisYou're gonna want this backYou're gonna wish these days hadn't gone by so fastThese Are Some Good TimesSo take a good look aroundYou may not know it now But you're gonna miss this I feel like it hits me like a ton of bricks. I'll be teaching and I'll feel my heart contract… Continue reading You’re Gonna Miss This
Category: Thoughts and Musings
The Gradual Journey
Above all, trust in the slow work of God. We are quite naturally impatient in everything to reach the end without delay. We should like to skip the intermediate stages. We are impatient of being on the way to something unknown, something new. And yet it is the law of all progress that it is… Continue reading The Gradual Journey
Promises of Return
"And if I have you, I'll have everything. But without you, I am nothing." The Easter season has always been one of my favorites. In terms of entire seasons, Christmas still wins for me, but for the actual holiday, Easter is my favorite. There is something that deeply roots me to the message of Easter,… Continue reading Promises of Return
If You Come Softly, Part II
"And the rich between us shall drink our tears" The most vivid instant message I can remember ever getting was senior year of college. It was the same year I thought that I could save someone from drowning and come back ashore unscathed. I was wrong, and I was marked, am marked by the tragedies… Continue reading If You Come Softly, Part II
When You Need It the Most, Part II
God’s grace turns defeat into victory, tragedy into triumph, and weakness into strength by providing real power over circumstances. I have found over my time teaching that one of the hardest things to do is keep teaching on the days when you find yourself overwhelmed with what is going on in your own personal life.… Continue reading When You Need It the Most, Part II
Change Doesn’t Happen Overnight- Reflections on MLK Day
The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice. -Martin Luther King, Jr. When Nelson Mandela died, I played a tribute video for him in my classes. One of my students turned to me with a shocked face and… Continue reading Change Doesn’t Happen Overnight- Reflections on MLK Day
“What ever happened to daddy’s little girl?”
"To be good at teaching, one has to be able to connect with students, to engage them, inspire them, communicate easily with them, get inside their heads and figure out what they don't understand and find a way to help them understand it." -from Standing on the Shoulders of Giants A week ago, I finished… Continue reading “What ever happened to daddy’s little girl?”
That First Encounter
In my teacher book club we are reading Beverly Tatum's Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? I find the book club an interesting experiment in who among my fellow corps members are well versed in talking about topics of race and ethnicity and education and who are trying to understand the concepts,… Continue reading That First Encounter
Where Children Play: Finding the Paths to Happiness
I recently attended an alumni summit for the Coca Cola Scholars foundation. I was in a world of inspiration and love, surrounded by so many people I had not seen in so long and all those who practice the art of "humbition" (the crossroads of being humble in your learning and ambitious in your goals).… Continue reading Where Children Play: Finding the Paths to Happiness
“Hold Your Own, Know Your Name, and Go Your Own Way”
You need not to find a cure for everything that makes you weak. -City and Colour, "Against the Grain" I remember when I first discovered the soothing voice of City and Colour, and especially when I first heard the beautiful words of the song "Against the Grain." The singer tells the listener that when things… Continue reading “Hold Your Own, Know Your Name, and Go Your Own Way”
Odelia Younge 