I am not sure why, but I really hate official "endings". I never attended a single of my graduations, not highschool, not college, not either of my doctoral degrees. When I participated in Outward Bound, experiential wilderness education, I did not complete the final climbs. I easily could have done the challenges, but I hate endings. Endings hold too much weight. Life is a continual process of growth, transformation and expansion. There is no ending. That is probably why I never created a final post. The intention was there, but there was no will. The soul was not in it. So what to do next? I need some inspiration. This summer, my trip to Portland, camping along the way, led to my publishing the curriculum of Conceptual Math. This Fall I had the chance to open an alternative classroom using this and other approaches of self-directed, holistic learning. The classroom bombed terribly. I realize that without the understanding of those with whom I am working, this work cannot succeed. Either I will have to work independently in the private domain, or I will have to make the processes and intentions of the program of Holistic Neuroeducation so entirely clear that even a hard-headed administrator will get it.
So, off to nature for a re-centering of goals and re-connection to my purpose. I have never been to Sedona, but I hear it is a magical place. I will need all the magic I can handle if I am to tackle our broken system of punitive behaviorist education.
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