Don’t talk about religion they say. But the commencement kicker and 60 Minutes with Pope Francis propelled Catholics back to the top of the news cycle for a few days. For good reason, that hasn’t been a comfortable place for us.
Category Archives: Life
A Shift in My Perspective on Vertical Scales
I’m not sure whether wisdom comes with age, but I was barely 65 for twelve hours when I had an epiphany that forever changed the way that I will view vertical scales.
Top Of The World
My big employment decision came at 60. Social security is deferred ’til 68. I used a senior discount to see the Eras Tour film. I expected turning 65 to be anticlimactic. I was wrong.
Feeling All The Feels In Philly
My suitcase is unpacked. The second load of laundry is in the washer. It’s time to reflect on my future and my five days in Philadelphia.
All Things Considered…In Philadelphia
Once again I find myself at a professional crossroads, and once again that has led me to Philadelphia.
It Was Always In The Cards
The first day of spring. Easter. Opening Day!
All full of hope and the promise of renewal and rebirth.
Reflecting on Opening Day’s past, however, reveals that my future was there, staring me in the face all along.
Striving for Imperfection
“The day the child realizes that all adults are imperfect, he becomes an adolescent; the day he forgives them, he becomes an adult; the day he forgives himself, he becomes wise. Alden Nowlan”
We appear to be adolescents – still learning how to deal with imperfection.
Family Ties
There are a few things I miss since stepping away from working full-time, but so many more that I don’t miss at all. And then there are my neckties.
Learning Saved. Learning Lost.
I thought that box of old class notes in my basement was a testament to all I had learned. But sifting through it got me thinking about learning loss. Could it be that understanding learning loss is even more complicated than understanding how students learn in the first place?
Let’s Do Lunch
Of the many, many things that I learned from Rich Hill, first at Advanced Systems and later at the Center for Assessment, the most important may have been this: Take a break for lunch.
Embrace the Absurd 