Monday Memo Musings

  You need a rest. You deserve a rest. There is hope that you will get one. In four quick weeks you will get to put your feet up and enjoy the season. In five weeks, we will have the longest day of the year then all days after that, will add minutes of light to our days. Other countries have bleak gloomy winters, not us. Our winters are bright with new fallen snow. All of us watch the snow fall in the glow of the street lights or yard light.  We know what fresh is, not fresh as in produce, but fresh as in standing at the freezing  door and letting your sluggish dog out. Fresh as in walking to work and tracking each breath. Fresh as in shovelling for an hour and having ice form on your hair (or beard for Alex). This time of year is such a hopeful one. We are excited to bring joy to others. We bought the perfect cheap gift for River. It's a bath balm rainbow. He drops it in the water and there a rainbow that forms, how cool is that!! We bring joy through giving, it is just ...

Q: What was the dogs favorite type of homework to do?  A: A lab report In the staff survey only 75% of people say they are recognized for what they do. Those are sad numbers.  What exactly is it that you do: You make the quiet kid talk. You made a hard concept seem easy. You solve problems with students. You become a CSI agent tracking kids down.  You let a student know that they have skills they never knew they had. You give hope to those who had none. You are the first person that kid has talked to today. You recognize when your collegues need help, you just know. You give trouble when you need to. You are calm and cool. You are open minded. You don't laugh out loud when you see wonky things, you wait to laugh.  You give our courses integrity. You love being an educator, it shows.  You seek out the ones who want to hide under a rock.  You are patient and wait for kids. You matter, you are kind, you are smart, you are important to us.  We notice what ...