OTHER POSTS
7/25 Quote: Walter Lippmann
“We sit in the shade under trees others have planted.” ~Walter Lippmann Note: I heard this quote yesterday listening to Warren Buffet speak in a Learning by Giving Foundation online course. To hear a man with $50+ billion in the bank speak with the humility and awareness that he exudes gives me an awesome feeling. […]
Stanford’s Distinct Training Regimen Redefines Strength + Flexibility
Training for sport competition is rapidly changing. Fifteen years ago almost every team was using weights as their main training focus. Today, training is about explosiveness, hip flexibility, and sport-specific (in some cases, position-specific) training. Greg Bishop wrote a great piece for the NYT detailing Stanford’s world class training program that includes weights, hot yoga, […]
Great Teachers Learn With Their Students
A small victory on the second day of school this year still has me smiling. It was something very simple, a small bit of knowledge that I had just learned and thought my students already knew. However, when I told my high school students that typing the letter d before someone’s Twitter handle would send […]
Peace Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi
Peace Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi Lord make me an instrument of your peace Where there is hatred, Let me sow love; Where there is injury, pardon; Where there is error, truth; Where there is doubt, faith; Where there is despair, hope; Where there is darkness, light; And where there is sadness, Joy. O Divine […]