music, therapy, and me

I didn't actually make anything this weekend of note other than some Canva visuals. The rest of my weekend was spent watching K-dramas and thinking. I got an old course reapproved so I am working on marketing materials for that but there isn't much else happening right now. I have decided to start up my intern webinars again. These were things that I did quite a bit ago, and I found them interesting and fun. I am hoping that the next round will be valuable to me and to the interns who take the time to spend with me. I asked current IDs for some topics, and they echoed the things that I had observed with my last several interns.  We, as a society, have gone through a significant change in how we learn, act, and observe. Attention spans have shortened. Initiative is not what it was 10 years ago. The way we educate ourselves and others has changed and evolved into something that is not focused on problem solving and is more focused on following protocols and procedures. Critical t...

It is Monday, which means that I now give myself permission to get into a bit of a rant or express opinions that I hold near and dear. So, here it goes. I was thinking in the shower this morning about education and how students interact with the world these days. My sister, a second grade teacher, has a group of students that are challenging her this year. The students have not settled into any sort of learning routine. They have no interest in learning anything. All they want to do is play without consequences. Almost all of her students are performing significantly below grade level, and they have not been taught how to learn in their school experience so far. She is struggling to find ways to engage their interests while teaching curriculum (which is an entirely different rant) and reining in the extreme behaviors that happen every hour in her current classroom. I feel that we have shifted so far away from teaching into the realms of social-emotional development that we have forgott...