Learning

  • Dream Jobs and Other Happy Accidents.

    Every teacher dreams of stumbling into the perfect job. Mine arrived disguised as a government survey and a memo that landed quietly on the principal’s desk. In the early 1970s I was teaching in Marathon and enjoying life in the… Continue reading

  • The Sound of Learning

    This afternoon I spent several hours in the church with a friend. At least, that’s how I think of him now. A lifetime ago he was my student. Don had agreed to help me experiment with the church sound system.… Continue reading

  • Reeee-session…

    We live in a resource based community. The two major industries are pulp and gold. Mining, because it is an extractive industry has a finite life. When the gold runs out, the industry is gone. Our  community has been anticipating… Continue reading