The teacher becomes the student becomes the teacher

Today I taught myself to build a database in Filemaker thanks to a membership to Atomic Learning I received from the University. So it's basic, but tomorrow I'm going to finally start teaching myself to make it do cool stuff. I've used the program for a few years but never really had the chance to learn to build something from scratch. And since budget cuts prevent us from having an IT person who can create the kind of online database I really need, I'm doing the next best thing. It feels really good to learn something new.

Let your light so shine

A few days ago I was crossing the street and stopped to talk to someone that was trying to raise awareness for a cause that was important to them. No one had listened that day so far. As I listened and talked to him, he stopped in the middle of the conversation and said, "Okay, so what is this like majorly positive vibe thing you seem to have coming from you?" Well.....

Giving anyway

My T.A. totally rocks. She talked to me on the phone for an hour today to help me make sense of the lesson plan I was struggling with for an 11th grade US History class. And she was sick. And busy. And exhausted. She was patient with me when I was confused and asked me all the right questions to challenge me to really think about what I was trying to accomplish. Rock on, Ruthie, rock on.