Imputing the Best Motive
As a graduate student in the UVM counseling department in the mid 90’s, I enrolled in the most difficult course I have ever taken, Robert Nash’s Professional Issues in Counseling. It was a rigorous investigation of both the ethics and the personal, moral dimensions of the helping professions, and for me it is a class […]
Why we need to love ourselves now: A reflection on year one of my Rowland Fellowship
“So many years of education yet nobody taught us how to love ourselves and why it’s important.” – Unknown As I reflect back on my first year as a Rowland Fellow, I continue to be drawn to the quote I wrote at the top of my Rowland proposal back in December 2017. I was […]
Learning to Listen
When Lauren’s email popped up in my in box thanking me for the blog I signed up to write for the March 15, 2019 posting I thought, “Of course I did.” I remember thinking when I signed up, “I really want that free drink after the workshop and if this gets my team extra points […]
Why I Fell Out of Love with my Job – and How I Learned to Fall in Love Again
I have the best job in the world; I get paid to learn! I have been teaching high school since 1981 and every day I learn something new about the subjects I teach–ancient history and philosophy- and my students teach me as well about who they are and how they learn. I have always been […]