I was exhausted when I got home from work today. My eyes shut involuntarily during dinner, and I even catnapped on the couch afterward while the kids watched TV. I managed to rouse myself enough to get them bathed and ready for bed, but even after they were tucked in,…
Category: Reflection
brb dissertating
I haven’t been able to blog as regularly as I like lately thanks to a number of factors, but a meeting I had the other night with my doctoral internship adviser spurred me to get back on here this evening. In reviewing the goals I set for myself in my…
A Gentle Reminder: Ad-Free Blog
My blog occupies a funny middle ground on the Internet. It’s not big enough to make me famous, infamous, or even Internet-famous, but it apparently garners enough traffic that I get emailed regularly asking if I would post an ad link to this company or allow a guest post from…
Re-Statement of Purpose: Why I Blog
Today marks exactly 4 1/2 years since I wrote my first blog post here at Apace of Change. In it, I laid out my initial intentions for this blog: …I want to engage with other educators – not just teachers, but administrators, psychologists, LDTCs, and others in the education field…
Habits of Mind: Empathy
This post is part of a series on sixteen “Habits of Mind” put forth by Arthur L. Costa and Bena Kallick as being “necessary for success in school, work, and life” (Costa & Kallick, 2010, p. 212). Listening with understanding and empathy: Understand others! Devoting mental energy to another person’s…