Tag Archives: learning
Silver Linings From 2020
To the Editor: Guess it would be: I’m working from home! I’m working from home! I’m working from home! No hurry-up breakfast force-feeding. No cold car. No lunch packing. Working in sweatpants. Less laundry. Happy pets. Screw the makeup. Bad-hair … Continue reading
Appreciation
At the start of school year, we get each staff members emergency contact info. During the year. I take a photo of the person teaching and mail it to their families, along with a letter telling them how hard their … Continue reading
Creating More Time in the Day
1/ Create transitions. :“I realized I actually miss my commute; it provided a mental break and preparation time for the day. So now I re-create the feeling by starting and ending my day with a mock commute, by walking or … Continue reading
Experience
We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it and stop there lest we be like the cat that sits down on a hot stove lid. She will never sit down on … Continue reading
Practice Random Acts of Kindness Together
Help someone cross the street, hold open a door, say something nice to a stranger. Without making it a big deal, discuss what it felt like to do something nice and unexpected. Talk about what the other person may have felt … Continue reading
Real Life of an MSW 