He stood leaning up against the wall immediately to the right of my college classroom door with his backpack slung over one shoulder and sporting his superfly shell toe Adidas with no laces. I recognized him from my class…I had spotted those Adidas on the very first day because there were not too many hardcore …
I was absolutely horrible at assigning, monitoring, and evaluating group projects. In Teach Like a PIRATE, I even wrote about my ineffectiveness with it in a section where I listed some of my many weaknesses as an instructor. No shame. Just honesty. Let’s face it. When we see bad group projects and poor quality presentations from students…it’s OUR …
I’m dating myself, but I remember so clearly the famous “Opposite” episode of Seinfeld from 1994. George Costanza mentioned that every single decision he had ever made was wrong. Jerry opined that if every single decision of George’s was wrong, he could turn his life around by always doing the opposite of his natural instincts. …
It was a stupid joke. I said it as an offhand, spur of the moment, throw away line and it got a HUGE laugh from the whole class. Well…except from one student. I didn’t notice it at the time, but later in the day, I found a note on my desk from her. It was …
At a formative time in my life, I had the great honor to work three consecutive summers for John Wooden. It was the first job I ever had. Each week, he would open camp with all of the campers on the gym floor and their parents in the bleachers and deliver his Pyramid of Success …
Why am I writing to you today? Well, certainly not because I have to. It’s also not that I have something so brilliant to say that I feel compelled to share it. It’s actually really simple… Because I said I would. I committed to it and once that decision was done, there wasn’t really any choice. Over the past couple …
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