“For convenience, history is often viewed as a conflict between the instinct for order and the impulse toward chaos. Both are necessary: both are manifestations of the need to survive. Without order, nothing exists: without chaos, nothing grows. And yet the struggle between them sheds more blood than any other war.”
― The Gap Into Vision: Forbidden Knowledge
Today I did something that I haven’t done in nearly a year. I kissed my wife good-bye as she headed out for school. Quite a bit different than the past couple of months when I’d so the same, but she’d head back to her corner of the bedroom where she’d deliver instruction to students remotely.
I can’t even imagine what is going through her head as she makes the 8-mile drive this morning. She’s missed her students terribly over the past months, but there still has to be some fear as the pandemic is still ongoing.
Today is just a planning day. A chance to get the classroom ready and prepare for the arrival of students tomorrow. By the end of the week, MNPS will have students attending at every grade level. And with that will come more unique challenges.
The conversation around schools has been rightfully centered on teachers, but let’s not forget CONTINUE READING: TIME FOR THE NEXT PHASE – Dad Gone Wild