Fearlessness: Finding the courage to face and push past your fears. Lately, I keep coming back to this theme of fearlessness. It’s come up in several conversations I’ve had over the past few months, and it’s got me thinking: How do we teach our children to be fearless? Is it Read more…
I have been sitting on this news for a while, trying to figure out how to best describe the changes that are about to take place in my life. This is not just a post, but a story, a reflection about the paths and journeys life sometimes takes us on. Read more…
INDEX Design to Improve Life Battle 2017 It is interesting how life can circle back around sometimes. Two years ago, I met Lotte, the Education Director at INDEX Design to Improve Life. A company based in Copenhagen, Denmark, INDEX had developed a detailed structure to use design thinking and problem-based Read more…
Last week marked one month since my arrival here in Finland. It has felt a little strange to not be with my students during this past month while the rest of my teacher friends are busy working away in their classrooms. It is not often teachers have the opportunity to step Read more…
As I removed my boots, jacket, gloves, and hat, put on my headphones and some tunes, I collapsed into the train seat, determined not to move for the next 4.5 hours. I was exhausted, but in the best way possible. I remember talking to a friend and saying that Read more…
When I first began reading about Finland, the people, and the culture, I read that Finns can be reserved and introverted, especially in the wintertime when everyone hibernates during the long, dark hours. I remember Maija, one of our Fulbright Distinguished Teachers from Finland that studied in the US this Read more…
