There are teachers, who never were. And lessons yet to be. There are those we refuse to see and perhaps, the memory of these lingers. In 2013, there was one – the person, the personification, and her position. Antoinette Tuff was the mentor who never was and could be. She came into our collective consciousness in August. Aptly, Ms Tuff was found in a school; she is about education.
Differentiated instruction, whole child connectivity, wrap-around programs, interactivity, and empathy, these we can see [or hear] come together in a call. Antoinette Tuff and Michael Hill a man with a gun and a woman with a heart who saw and spoke to his.
We might recall what could stand out in our minds but doesn’t. Mired in instant messages and immediate gratification we miss the masters, the mentors, and often our own mission. We ask, “Why am I here? What is my purpose? How am I driven?” We reflect and particularly at the end of the year we resolve, but then