In order to fully integrate into my psyche the changes we have been talking about this year, and in order to be able to integrate the changes that we are going to make next year, if this year is any indicator, I am calling for this break on the PLC.
It is because our hearts are opening up pretty fast and our brains need time to catch up. We are discovering a new heart-centered way of teaching and assessing and the idea of resting and being mentally present for our classes next year in the real way necessitates this break, to integrate the learnings from this year into our deeper minds.
When I can teach as Satchmo sings this song, I know I will have learned how to teach. Satchmo, of course, is not so much a jazz musician as he is a teacher. He teaches us how to love and embrace our lives.
But in order to be able to teach that way, I must now rest for awhile. We all must rest. Why? So we can remember, because it is so easy to forget, and our students need us to remember so they can remember too, that this really is a wonderful world:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGmRKWJdwBc