Athens/CCSD/Georgia education friends: And on the third day, I finally finished watching this surreal marathon of a BOE Work Session-- check out these highlights, if you can call anything here a highlight. Maybe somebody needs to do a 30 minute cut of some of the really "entertaining" parts like these: >>The parts from about 1:00- … Continue reading One of the Weirdest Board Meetings Ever, October 3, 2019 Work Session
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Questions lifting up my eyes to the hills
Questions lifting up my eyes to the hills September 1, 2019 Despite all the tumult at home over the eternal question “How are the schools?," I am grateful for a couple of days for rest and reflection in the cooler climes of the NC mountains just north of Athens. I was touched this morning by … Continue reading Questions lifting up my eyes to the hills
Like boats passing in the twilight
Athens education friends, CCSD friends, well it seems that sadly, the #slowmovingtrainwreckdumpsterfire has gained some momentum: here goes (with apologies and full credit to @SethAbramson^ for the inspiration) "With last night's latest in a flurry of CCSD announcements, on a Friday evening, the district’s unbearably slow-moving chaos machine has gathered steam: there have now been 15* principal … Continue reading Like boats passing in the twilight
Fixed It For You
#WeirderEveryHour: From Tuesday night with some interesting commentary on Wednesday night: Jared Bybee ”Hey Bertis, I get that for your narrative to work you need some bad - or at least indifferent - actors. And your choice to paint me as one of those actors with a facebook post quibbling with my word choice, rather … Continue reading Fixed It For You
John “Hondo” Havlicek
If you're a hoopster of a certain age, just hearing the name John "Hondo" Havlicek conjures a certain workmanlike to the point of art grace and style in leading a team with a basketball, and he deserves this beautiful obituary in the Boston Globe: https://berto.fyi/2L1CbIU For me it takes me back to my 6-7 year … Continue reading John “Hondo” Havlicek
