December 2015
Editorial
In our careers as educators, we have all seen a wide variety of approaches that our colleagues take to do their work. [...]
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We have all met tourists. Tourists are the people we see with fanny packs and cameras around their necks; they usually stick [...]
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For most of us, the term traveler evokes imagery of journey and voyage, but as the etymology of the term viator clarifies, [...]
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In 2012, when Emilio Estevez released his film, The Way, many people began to talk about walking on the Camino de Santiago. [...]
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When I think about teaching as an adventure, I cannot help but recall the year our high school wind ensemble set out [...]
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My experience in education has been colorful. My formation as an educator began as a North American transplanted to and growing up [...]
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When Jon Krakauer published Into Thin Air about the Everest disaster of 1996, the world suddenly became interested in Mount Everest and [...]
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You don’t need a calendar to know that school is back in session. Campuses across the country are freshly manicured, halls are [...]
From My Window
Of Tenacity and Morning Glories
When I was in college, I had a summer job working at a plant nursery. I spent hours weeding and hoeing, and, [...]
Slouching Toward Bedlam
The Hipster’s Guide to the Galaxy, or The Importance of Being Earnestly Relevant
Bible teacher Cal VanderMeer sat alone on a Monday morning, enjoying a quiet cup of coffee before school began. He had just [...]