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I Love Learning

April 2, 2016 Uncategorized
Seriously. I love learning. I wish I could say I have always been that way, but to be completely honest, I haven’t. I was always very good at playing the game of “school,” but I never had a genuine love for learning as I grew up. I was driven to…

Doing the “Right” Work

January 23, 2016 Uncategorized
  I love John Wooden. His ideas have shaped my thinking as a teacher and coach more than anyone else. I believe he got more out of his athletes than probably any other coach ever has (and he had the championships to back that up). His teams worked hard, but…

Don’t Just Consume. Create Something.

March 28, 2015 Uncategorized
  This is something that I have been thinking a lot about lately, and it is an idea that has helped me grow more than I could have imagined over the last three years or so. To begin with, let me just say that I have never considered myself to…

Unplugged

January 18, 2015 Uncategorized
Those little red circles can haunt you! Last week my wife and I decided to stay off of social media for the entire week, and you know what happened? The world kept right on going, and I’m not sure anyone even noticed we were gone except for the two of…

Winning and Standardized Tests

January 1, 2015 Uncategorized
It’s been way too long since my last post. Here’s to a more consistent blog in 2015! It’s New Year’s Eve, and I just couldn’t let the year pass without putting together one more post. I haven’t written (well, finished might be a better word) anything since August. If you’re…