Because we typically trust the people with whom we have created said systems, we have trust in the systems themselves. Because we often venerate those who came before us in our institutions, we tend to venerate the systems they created right along with them. We sometimes talk about “human systems” – the architecture of people…
Category: Star Trek
Teach and Serve | Vol. 9, No. 3 | Painting | August 23, 2023
The work of an educator is wonderful, to be sure, but it can feel Sisyphean. I have been a high school teacher and administrator for over three decades. Before I was an administrator and my responsibilities required me to work during the summers, I would always find a temporary position with the school to make…
Teach and Serve | Vol. 9, No. 2 | I am a Teacher | August 16, 2023
The names of those who have practiced my profession ring like a hall of fame for humanity – Clara Barton, Booker T. Washington, Buddha, Confucius, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Anne Sullivan, Moses, Saint Mother Teresa and Jesus. I have presented this poem many times, but the beginning of the school year cries out for its repetition….
Teach and Serve | Vol. 9, No. 1 | Soundtrack + Star Trek | August, 9, 2023
As I thought about this week’s Teach and Serve, the music I was considering for the soundtrack of this year was pushed from my mind as recent music filled my ears and my heart: the music from, perhaps you guessed it, a Star Trek episode. I have been a Star Trek fan for almost as…
Superheroic Leadership Vol. 1 No. 15 – You Will Return
Superheroic Leadership Vol. I * No. 15 You Will Return Superheroic Leadership is a light-hearted examination of what superheroic figures have to teach about leadership and what I have learned from their adventures. Inevitably in our leadership journeys, we face setbacks. When we put our weight and our capital behind decisions or programs or choices and…
Superheroic Leadership Vol. 1 No. 11 – Spock Knows His Ship
Superheroic Leadership Vol. I * No. 11 Spock Know His Ship Superheroic Leadership is a light-hearted examination of what superheroic figures have to teach about leadership and what I have learned from their adventures. Today would have been my father’s birthday. He was not a huge science fiction fan, but, much like the Spock I write…
Superheroic Leadership Vol. 1 No. 6 – Leading from Your Gut
Superheroic Leadership Vol. I * No. 6 Leading from Your Gut Superheroic Leadership is a light-hearted examination of what superheroic figures have to teach about leadership and what I have learned from their adventures. The recent reboot of Star Trek (not Star Trek Discovery, but the JJ Abrams produced films) has dived fans. Some embraced it,…
Superheroic Leadership Vol. 1 No. 1 – Superheroic Leadership
Superheroic Leadership Vol. I * No. I Superheroic Leadership Superheroic Leadership is a light-hearted examination of what superheroic figures have to teach about leadership and what I have learned from their adventures. For as far back as my memory will take me, superheroes have been a part of the life of my imagination. I learned to…
Teach & Serve II, No. 5 – Explore. Seek Out. Go Boldly.
Teach & Serve II, No. 5 – Explore. Seek Out. Go Boldly. September 7, 2016 Isn’t that what we want our students to become? Explorers? Don’t we want them to be seekers? And are we really doing our best by them if we aren’t inspiring them to go boldly? Teachers, listen up. Here is a quick…
Teach & Serve No. 29 – Beware Edu-Babble
Teach & Serve No. 29 * March 2, 2016 Related Content from And There Came A Day: Teach & Serve No. 28 – There Are Leaders and There Are Those Who Lead Teach & Serve No. 27 – Preaching What I Preach My Friends Teach & Serve No. 26 – Is It Getting Hot In Here?…