Lately I've been thinking a lot about the concept of time. How fast it goes. How there's never enough of it. How little reverence we have for time. How we take time for granted. And, I've been thinking about this because my oldest daughter just got married this summer. It seems like just yesterday when she was still a little girl, then an adolescent and, before too long, a freshman in college. So, every day now, I ask myself: where did the time go? Did I take advantage of time when my three children were little? Did I pay attention to what was important? Do I pay attention now? It's time to make a change. It's never too late, right? We're never too old to take the reins of time (life) in our own hands and steer our own course. That's what I'm doing when I search for other outlets to grow as an educator and a professional. That's what I'm doing when I push away my fears and commit myself to writing every day and to making it public . ...
This blog is a place to ruminate on the problems of teaching. If I am thinking thoughtfully, my posts will hopefully raise more questions than answers. By problematizing teaching we reflect on those questions that are constantly behind, in front, and at center of everything we do in the classroom. Feel free to comment. I'd love to hear what other teachers are thinking about on these and other issues. Cheers! Elisa