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
THANKSGIVING RUMINATIONS
by TC Weber / 19h
“The tiger will never lie down with the lamb; he acknowledges no pact that is not reciprocal. The lamb must learn to run with the tigers.” ― Angela Carter Another Thanksgiving has come and gone and we now find ourselves fully embraced in the throes of the Christmas season. Before we formally let go of Thanksgiving 2021, I’d like to make note of two moments that particularly struck me this turkey
NOV 22
WHAT WAR?
by TC Weber / 4d
“Whenever two people meet, there are really six people present. There is each man as he sees himself, each man as the other person sees him, and each man as he really is.” ― William James “Hello”, said the voice picking up the phone after just a couple rings. My opening salvo of, “Just calling to see what it felt like to st on the right hand of Satan”, was met with a throaty laugh. “That might be
NOV 19
AUTHENTIC VOICES
by TC Weber / 7d
“Ralph also took some classes in philosophy and literature and felt himself on the brink of some kind of huge discovery about himself. But it never came.” ― Raymond Carver, Will You Please Be Quiet, Please? My biggest challenge, and ultimately the biggest failure, in writing this blog has been capturing the teacher’s experience in a way that all can understand. It was almost 10 years ago that I b
NOV 18
A DERELICTION OF DUTY
by TC Weber / 8d
“The great philosophical question goes: if a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear, does it make a sound? But this is a troubling question, exalting one kind of being above all others. What then of the ears of snakes, or wood frogs, or mice, or bugs? Do they not count? What then of grass, of stone, of earth? Does their witness not matter? If a man flies in Jamaica, and only the poor
NOV 16
A CONTINUAL DISCONNECT
by TC Weber / 10d
“Lady you crave trouble. You just don’t want resistance. If you don’t want resistance around here, then mind your own business.” – Beth Dutton The ongoing battle over mask mandates in schools has been yet again extended. This time through a judge’s order. Since schools reopened for in-person instruction back in the late summer, many of Tennessee’s public and private schools have mandated that whi
NOV 12
A LITTLE SHADOW DANCING
by TC Weber / 14d
“What plagues people is not those who don’t love them, but those who do.” ― Michael Gilbert, Perfected Sinfulness It’s 7:45AM and I’m sitting in traffic outside my kid’s school waiting to drop them off. I’m not alone, as backed-up traffic snakes for miles up and down Nolensville rd. Allegedly bus drivers have grown weary of voicing legitimate concerns about staffing and over-crowding that have la
NOV 10
A RIDE IN THE HOT TUB TIME MACHINE
by TC Weber / 16d
“We would not be where we are today, as a state or nation, without the great work of our charter school leaders” – Tony Nicknejad, Policy advisor to Tennessee Governor Bill Lee Normally.I start the day’s proceedings with a literary quote from an accomplished author. The reason is twofold, to give you something to think about, and to draw attention to some great writers. Today’s quote is a little
NOV 01
A CALL FROM SLOTSKI
by TC Weber / 25d
“When you’re sure of what you’re looking at, look harder.” ― Richard Powers, Generosity: An Enhancement Last night I was laid back in the recliner watching the Braves let Game 5 of the World Series slip away when the phone rang. Picking it up and looking at the screen revealed an incoming call from my pal Slotski. “What’s up?” I said, answering the phone. “Just calling to make sure you are all ri
OCT 29
SMOKE ON THE WATER, FIRE IN THE SKY
by TC Weber / 28d
“ Go home, take a paper bag, and cut some eye holes out of it. Put it over your head, get undressed, and look at yourself in the mirror. Really evaluate where your strengths and weaknesses are. And be honest.” – Joan, Mad Men When it comes to education policy – local, state, and federal -the level of the smoke of late has risen to a near-impenetrable level. Without a program to reveal the players
OCT 25
DOES TENNESSEE HAVE COW PROBLEMS?
by TC Weber / 32d
“As you enter positions of trust and power, dream a little before you think” -Toni Morrison America is undergoing a massive uncoupling between its workers and their employers. Not only is it becoming impossible to staff new openings, but workers are leaving their current jobs in record numbers. For professions, like teaching, where staffing pre-pandemic was already difficult, this significantly r
OCT 22
A QUESTION OF MOTIVE
by TC Weber / 36d
“In chess everyone had a pattern, a tendency. Average human players were invariably predictable. They had grooves in their brains, like furrows in a plowed field out in Beulah County. And the trick to being a great chess player, the masters said, was to be unpredictable. To get out of your groove.” ― Bruce Holsinger, The Gifted School I was working on Wednesday’s piece when the phone rang. Pickin
OCT 20
THE MAKINGS OF A BAD REALITY SHOW
by TC Weber / 37d
“I know, right. I keep thinking” ― Peter Swanson, The Kind Worth Killing Part Saturday Night Live, part blind power grab, Governor Lee’s drive to reform the state’s education funding formula entered its second week just as befuddling, amusing, and horrific as it kicked off. In case you missed it, last week Governor lee announced the creation of a task force, consisting of a steering committee and
