I am happiest in the midst of a good story with a strong group of kids whose hearts are open. Then it all becomes worthwhile. How many of our colleagues want the special sort of bliss that happens in those good classes?
Most of our colleagues just want to use the book – it may not be in their nature to think beyond being a good deliverer-of-instructional-services. There are many 4%ers in our profession – and not too many dreamers. So why should we proselytize?
Better to dream, to laugh, to feel our languages in our bodies, where they belong! Better to drink deep, to get drunk, as our poet brother Charles reminds us: