In search of efficiency When you work at a place that serves you three meals a day, provides accommodation, and has crews that keep the whole place tidy, that significantly reduces the amount of responsibility you have. When you live…
The right perspective It’s Sunday just before dinner and it’s grey and gloomy. That’s how it is in England. I check the online register to see our numbers for week four. Another week of summer camp has ended and there’s…
The toughest step Ever been to a party with an empty dance floor? That party is waiting to get started, but unless someone steps onto that dance floor first, nobody else will. It takes guts to be the first, especially…
Does anyone respect teachers anymore? Parents? Kids? Teenagers? Adults? When I meet someone and they happen to ask what I do, which in Europe is extremely rare, and I tell them I’m an English teacher, I get no further questions.…
It’s Sunday, rainy and cold, in England. I am away from my family and I am headed into week 3 of school dining hall food. Oh man! Where’s the silver lining? Let’s have a look. I had a class this…
Changing the status quo We’re always looking for the easy way out. Looking for a shortcut to our problem, to our homework, to our tasks. We start doing this from a young age, with chores, and then, we try to…
Change is a process. Change is the hardest thing we can choose to do. That’s cause people don’t like change. They like what’s comfortable and familiar, if you force them to change then they will resist and maybe even protest.…
Everything has a beginning The time has come to begin fresh. This is a beginning without an end I hope. It’s an effort to try and connect with those of you out there who want to see change and bring…