Start

For me, the trick is to just begin. Life is perfect the way it is. I needn’t worry about making it perfect. That’s what I now believe.

It’s taken me my entire life to understand and create that mindfulness in my life. But that’s the past. Now I just start.

Birds

One of my colleagues thinks birds are frightening and an evil omen. Her mother went so far as to keep all bird images on notepads, etc. out of their home.

This was a different mindset from mine. I love to listen to birds. Their songs and calls compose some of the best music in this universe. I enjoy watching them hopping around and flying in the sky.

I photographed the four handmade wooden birds in my header one day, then sent the photo to my dear friend. We talked of strength, family, creativity, individuality and freedom. She saw the image as a header online.

Last month, I manifested a vision, sparked by our conversation, as I started this blog. All by myself. The only help I had was one of my teenagers saying, “Use WordPress. Search it up.”

Now I’m trying  to post and share. Of course that means I’m going to make mistakes. As I tell my students, that’s how we learn!

Join me as I take flight and soar! Stay and stretch your mindset. Grow.
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I did it.

I feel successful. I published my first blog post. Then I edited it three times. My glasses were dirty and I didn’t catch the typos. But now I have a blog.

Even more, I have a place to stretch…to grow and to document that growth. It feels invigorating to stretch my wings and sing.

Today is a good day. Even better…I’ve learned how to schedule, and reschedule,  a post.

Dana Goldstein: In 13 Years of Covering Education, the World Has Changed — Diane Ravitch’s blog

Dana Goldstein has been covering education for 13 years. At the beginning of her career, bashing teachers’ unions and praising charters was in. Now red-shirted teachers have canceled that narrative and reminded her (not me) that only 6% of the nation’s children are in charter schools. She doesn’t reflect on the damage that charters […]

via Dana Goldstein: In 13 Years of Covering Education, the World Has Changed — Diane Ravitch’s blog

First

Let me introduce myself. I am an elementary school teacher. I’ve been teaching with the Los Angeles Unified School District, LAUSD, since 1989. Now I’m at the end of my career.

Recently 31,000 United Teachers of Los Angeles, UTLA, members and I went on a six day strike. I’m sure I will write about my experience later. For now, this old teacher is learning new tricks. I’m going to spread my wings and learn to blog. It’s an adventure that I just need to start.

So thank you for being here with me.

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