To the Graduating Class of 2020,I’m not here to waste your time, so let’s not beat around the bush. This sucks. You’re not graduating from high school in the way you’ve spent the last dozen or so years anticipating. You’re not seated in an auditorium, gym, or park, your family, friends, and community crowded around …
Continue reading An Unsolicited Commencement Address To the Graduating Class of 2020
Dear Retiring Educators,This is difficult to write because, well, a lot of things are difficult right now. We’re all confronting situations we never imagined would happen in our lifetimes, and every day brings a new challenge. Milestones and plans fall to the wayside like hay chaff blown by a gust of hot, summertime wind. And …
Continue reading Thank You: An Open Letter To Educators Retiring During the Global Pandemic
The following is a list of resources related to the COVID-19 pandemic. I have placed resources related to emergent needs at the top of the list, with more general resources shared further down, with various articles and other pieces linked below that. This is an ongoing process, and if you have resources you would like …
As time goes by, I like to use Thanksgiving as a day to take stock of how my life has changed over the previous year. And I’ll do that again when Nov. 26, 2020, arrives. But as I watch how Americans are handling Memorial Day weekend in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, I expect …
Town halls are the heart of their communities. Even in the most old-fashioned, Mayberry-type regions, these buildings always reflect the zeitgeist in some way. Sure, the walls might be covered in photos of times long since passed or memorials to local soldiers who fought in wars only remembered now in history books. But the same …
