Brick Walls

Brick Walls- not the Pink Floyd lyrics- but the walls that limit our creativity and risk taking and trying out new things.  I wasn't listening to Pink Floyd when I thought about it, but I did afterward.  I was reading a SmartBrief and the quote below was embedded.

The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don't want it badly enough.

Randy Pausch, professor

So, as we begin the second half of the school year, let's try to break down some of our personal brick walls.  Try something new.  Have the kids try something new.  Try a different way of presenting information to the kids.  Try a new food.

Calendar
Thursday, January 25
Kindness Olympics
Lunch on BLT (not BLT lunch)

Friday, January 26
8:00  Staff meeting in the Learning Lounge

Monday, January 29
6:30  School board meeting

Tuesday, January 30
11-2:30  AWSA in Madison
4:15-5:15  Homework Club

Wednesday, January 31
1:15-3:15  A-team meeting

Thursday, February 1
Grade level/specials meetings
4:15-5:15  Homework Club

Friday, February 2
No Office Day!

Tweets, quotes, and blogs

(from www.andertoons.com)

A Teacher's Regret...Lesson Learned (from Laurie Smith)

#EdCampMadWI sessions (I encourage you to look through the opportunities for learning from last Saturday.)

Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyze you -- they're supposed to help you discover who you are.

Bernice Johnson Reagon, musician and activist (from Pinterest) "You can never make up for a lost day...Don't think you can make up for it by working twice as hard tomorrow.  If you have it within your power to work twice as hard, why aren't you doing it now?" John Wooden, 1910-2010, American basketball coach

A new idea comes suddenly and in a rather intuitive way. But intuition is nothing but the outcome of earlier intellectual experience.

Albert Einstein, theoretical physicist

I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones.

John Cage, composer "Passive Learner" to "Active Creator" (from George Couros) #mertonint on Twitter #MertonProud on Twitter Merton Intermediate Facebook page Merton Intermediate Instagram page Family smore for 1.25.18 One last thing... I am giving back to principals on Tuesday and I need help from you.  I will miss both lunches and recesses and I need someone to step up to help with coverage.  If you are willing and able to help out, you will receive a GOOSE pass.  Please let me know if you are interested.  Thanks for your consideration. Be the one. Jay Take care of the kids.  Take care of each other.  Take care of yourself.- John Gunnell