Category: Personal Experience
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Let’s Provide Teachers Sabbaticals
By: Alexandra Laing, first published in ASCD’s EL Magazine February 1, 2024 | Volume 81 | Number 5 I’ll never forget the moment I hit “send” on the organization-wide email that started with, “This is the job I’ve always wanted, yet it’s not the right job for me at this time.” I…
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The First Impression
I grew up in the desert of Las Vegas. I took this picture on a trip home a few years ago, and it reminds me of the many ways the desert is beautiful. It’s wide and expansive with boulders that seem to have fallen out of the sky, dust for…
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Just 1 Thing
There’s a game that I’ve played before and undoubtedly will play again when I find myself sitting around a table with family or friends called, “Just One Thing.” It always begins with the same question no matter who is at the table. “If you could only have one food for…
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My Best Ever
A Reflection Protocol People know my walk. It is quick and staccatoed, intentioned and direct. I don’t slow down for the chuckle with my colleague but instead smile and laugh without breaking stride. I get so much done with this walk. But it confines me, forcing me into a constant…
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