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9 thoughts on “A Dream”
Ben,
Thank you !!
This was a beautiful and very touching piece. You are braver then you know.
As you embark on your new journey you need to offload some of the bad dreams and stresses you have accumulated throughout the years.
Thank you for sharing these sometimes painful moments in your career, perhaps inherent to being a teacher. They help us because we know when we read you that we will survive those too…
Ben wrote: Why did I have this dream? Possibly it was helping me by offloading classroom stress from this year and thereby bringing me into balance.
I once had a psychology professor who maintained that sometimes dreams (especially nightmares) are simply God’s garbage disposal system for your soul. You did a system purge, so now you can step into retirement centered, calm, and creative.
Thank you, Ben, for everything you do to make language education human, humane, and what’s best for students.
Love this! Love you! Love all of us 🙂
Live like a warrior <3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zx8yn9Wvk78
Thank you jen. Great song. Focused, introspective musicians. Uplifting.
I can’t believe you’re almost in a new world, waking up from a dream! I’m happy for you. Congratulations! You have enriched my world, along with the worlds of so many other teachers and students. Thank you for everything.
Will you still host the blog?
I will host the blog yes. At some point someone else will have to do it, but, for now, I’m all in. Sharing powerful ideas about best practices in teaching languages makes me very happy, because of the group here.
Like Montaigne said when asked why he had a friendship with someone in Bordeaux all his life, he said, “Parce que c’était lui, parce que c’était moi…/Because it was him and because it was me…”
It’s like that here. It’s because it’s us. I have come to understand over the years that not everyone in the TPRS/CI community thinks alike. There are variations in interpretations of what is important.
I like to think that we check each other in terms of pedagogy, almost every day, and in terms of keeping as close as we can to Krashen’s work. That is of supreme importance to me.
Jody, the queen of the west, is excellent at interpreting dreams! Jody?
Wow, Ben! That was an amazing dream! You have faced your fears — they cannot disturb you!
“All I have to do now is row my boat a few more feet to Friday.”
It’s is Friday. Congratulations, Ben. It is with a sense of loss that I read your Sunday night fear. Glad you nightmare never materialized. Glad that you have seen some dreams come true.
I am really glad that you did not retire until this year. My first year with the PLC has been just the boost I needed. It provides it all: ideas, encouragement, help, nuts/bolts, training, connection, priorities, meaningful interface with regulations, confidence… As a result of me joining at least one other person is getting back on track with CI.
Thanks for bringing all together. Enjoy your Sunday nights.