Dad Gone Wild – Nobody reads it, everybody quotes it.
THIS WEEK'S WILDNESS Dad Gone Wild Nobody reads it, everybody quotes it
THIS WEEK'S WILDNESS
Dad Gone Wild
Nobody reads it, everybody quotes it
IS THE BIG TEST HEADED FOR THE BIG CRASH?
by TC Weber / 17h
“When you battle with your conscience and lose, you win.” ― Henry Youngman It’s been another one of the weeks. The kind that seems to grind you down, and leave you questioning your own grasp of reality. The kind that wears you to the bone, yet the to-do list never seems to shrink. The kind that leaves you with more questions than answers. The kind that seems to have become the “new norm”. Let’s s
IT’S ALL ABOUT THE TIMING
by TC Weber / 4d
“No good decision was ever made in a swivel chair.” ― George S. Patton Jr. For those of you who are unfamiliar, TOSS is the Tennessee Organization of School Superintendents. All of Tennessee’s individual school superintendents are members, and it’s led by Dale Lynch, as political a leader as you’ll ever meet. Lynch was appointed Executive Director of TOSS on July 1, 2017. Prior to that, he had be
STOP, HEY, WHAT’S THAT SMELL?
by TC Weber / 7d
“Human knowledge progresses when people recognize that they may be wrong even on issues that seem certain to them. Wisdom involves openness to those who disagree with us. It is only when our ideas have been subjected to criticism and all objections considered—if necessary seeking these objections out—that we have any right to think of our judgment as better than another’s.” ― Nigel Warburton, Fre
CRAFTING THE DESIRED NARRATIVE
by TC Weber / 9d
My devil had been long caged, he came out roaring.” ― Robert Louis Stevenson Sally Teacher took a final sip from her glass of champagne and placed the glass on the counter. The bell had rung 5 minutes ago, and the kids would be attentively awaiting her arrival in class. Poised and ready to learn, their minds scrubbed and freed from outside influences by the call to class. Still, she felt no need
KALIFORNICATION
by TC Weber / 14d
“Just the kind of girl I liked—the weirdo in the bunch.” ― Anthony Kiedis, Scar Tissue You’ve got to hand it to Tennessee’s Commissioner of Education Penny Schwinn. Tennessee’s Department of Education has suffered under poor leadership for at least a decade, but none of her predecessors brought the level of drama to the position as has Schwinn. She continues to strike a delicate balance between c
SHORT TERM SOLUTIONS WITH AN EYE TOWARDS FUTURE IMPLICATIONS
by TC Weber / 16d
“My own opinion is enough for me, and I claim the right to have it defended against any consensus, any majority, anywhere, any place, any time. And anyone who disagrees with this can pick a number, get in line, and kiss my
