After a year to digest Will’s colors and boxes, I felt ready to use them with my class. It wasn’t without apprehension. Although I’ve spent a lot of time thinking and re-envisioning the National Academy (primarily through writing and this site), I want to approach mastery before revealing ideas. I think that’s only natural with [...]
Posts from ‘January, 2009’
It's America and We are One
Did you see the We are One celebration yesterday? It was a powerful combination of our best words, music, and ideas. From the MLK and JFK quotes you’d expect to Reagan quotes you wouldn’t. I wouldn’t call myself a fan of Mary J. Blige or Jon Bon Jovi but they provided a moving performance with [...]
Worried about What to Write
Max and I are gearing up for another round of pleading for contributors. We’re all very busy in at least three different rings of this circus called life. Politicolor will be a lively place to exchange ideas if we each make a commitment to our own professional development and write. A commitment to think like [...]
Who We Are
A new year and a new adminstration loom large on the horizon amongst even larger challenges. There are horrifying images from Gaza and hearstopping financial woes to worry many. In our last holiday post, Max pointed us to the Grinch and I think I felt a little like that green menace when I did my [...]
