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But I Can’t Help Trying To Reason Why
It is my tradition to begin each school year by posting a poem. The following reflects the sunny optimism with which I am facing 2012-2013: The Charge Of The Light…
Chasing the gerbils of reason across the sward of ennui
I wrote this a couple months ago as a kind of manifesto to take to a school leadership team meeting for which we had been asked to bring suggestions for where the school should go next year. I churned out two pages of righteous not-quite-fury without getting around to making any policy suggestions, then ultimately decided that however great my passion, the tone was not right for the venue. So I left the screed at home and just showed up and talked about my ideas. I’m confident it was the right call. Still, I hate to waste a good rant…
And I do have a blog…
So…
Enjoy