Today in class while discussing a story about an eagle raised as a chicken, I told my third graders what I have told every third grade class I've had. Besides being a teacher to my kids, I take great pride in being a mentor, advisor, and all the other "stuff" they expect me to be to them. I told them something I heard some dozen years ago and wished I had heard when I was young. What I told them was this......."It's hard to soar with eagles, if you hang around turkeys all day". I then told them how it relates to picking their friends and how doing this will have a bearing on how they succeed in life.
I hope you haven't picked too many turkeys in your life. I didn't, but perhaps there were a few that I have visited along life's journey.
I knew I wanted to someday start a blog and today is the day. But I hadn't thought about naming it. So I hope this name works for me. I thought about "Rantings of a fifty something". I'm not sure if ranting will be the focus of this blog. Hopefully I will keep it primarily positive, but if something is bothering me I hope to use this venue to "let off some steam".
So this may be somewhat of a stress releaser. Cool.
No comments:
Post a Comment