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Educating Who? Educating Me.

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Ultimately, on this planet, I am a new guy. I have a lot to learn, but I am one impatient cuss. I need to know why and what for on everything. I have some strong opinions and sometimes show how very green I am when I vomit my opinion. I can be quite wrong at times; I swing for the fences but often miss the ball completely in the effort. Yes, I am an educator AND I can be wrong.

I am starting this blog because I created a class project and have several students who I have asked to start a blog. I am really trying to model the behavior I am looking for. I had a blog some time ago about becoming a marathon runner, but that experience has run its course. Hahahaha. I don't even remember my username or password to get into that relic, so I am starting a new blog that pertains to the contemporary me. As you can tell, I also laugh at my own jokes.

So these are my thoughts. Here I open myself up to be wrong and I truly encourage comments and an open dialogue so I might become more informed. I will give my opinion and you can cheer at my home run, or you can yell STRIKE! but I encourage you to also point out the origin of my error - my stance? Form? Philosophy? I do not mind failure as long as I fail forward. Help me fail forward.




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  1. UnknownFebruary 19, 2015 at 12:16 PM

    I have never followed a blog before, this will be a fun new experience! - One I should probably emulate!

    "Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure... than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat."
    Theodore Roosevelt

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