So Many of Us Flip-&-Flop
“Those who appear heartless once cared too much.” We know so many folks with a peculiar edge to them. An sharp edge that reveals itself through crassness and piousness. Folks who have tried and […]
Monthly Archives: October 2012
Girls want an Education = head shot
Girls want an Education = head shot Fourteen-year old Malala Yousufzai is lying in a Peshawar military hospital after surgeons removed a bullet that was causing brain swelling. Why was she shot while leaving school? Because […]
Referee a Nepalese, Bosnian, Kenyan, neighborhood child
Today I was the referee when a Nepalese boy… A glimpse of Kentwood, Michigan… more specifically Kentwood Public Schools. I’m into my 3rd year with KPS. It’s so simple to be amazed and find fulfillment in the children from […]
Golf is on the Way
Golf Jessica‘s 1st golf season ended today with sixty strokes at The Pines Golf Course. After two season’s of middle school volleyball Jess’ decided to make a go of golf. This seemed a […]
What Church are You Joining?
The Zylstra raised Frisian blood in me drives a certain skepticism that some find irritating. One of the earliest manifestations of this happened in 1983 in a small Christian Reformed Church in Grandville. Institutional Christian education is a […]
Where to Place the Pedagogy?
Chuck Close says “inspiration is for amateurs”. From his experience great ideas come from the work; while doing the work. “reference” In throwing we fix technique in the movement. Make some throws, […]
Chatting with Fire
Meeting with Izze and Mrs. Sonjohn tomorrow afternoon. Update coming. Update. great little chat about Izze and his lack of understanding the desperate situation he’s put himself in. When confronted with the realization of his academic performance […]
‘Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more…’
Okay. Back again. ‘Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more;’ – is from theCry God for Harry, England, and Saint George! speech ofShakespeare‘s Henry V, Act III, 1598. Stuff to […]
Teacherman
How does one fix my education system? … t.b.c.
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