“I didn’t understand how much time learning takes.” - Nevaeh West Yesterday I was talking to Bruce as he was finalizing some interview questions that he was set to use in the afternoon when he spoke with Rick Winston, the author of The Red Scare in the Green Mountains. He was frustrated and it was difficult. I said to him, “You’re doing difficult things. It’s okay if it feels difficult.” To which he replied, “But easier things are easier!” But he was smiling when he said it. He pushed through and accomplished the hard thing. He didn’t reschedule the interview. This morning he started editing his first podcast episode. The first exhibitions of year are scheduled for the week after next. We're doing them a little bit later this year so that we can complete another set of three week goals. The first exhibition is designed to be a short pause where we can reflect on how it's going. The schedule is available above, but as a reminder, these exhibitions are invite only with mostly advisors and parents/guardians in attendance. If you'd like to attend an exhibition and you've not been invited please contact the student beforehand. What kind of structure have you put in place to best utilize your freedom?And now, a relevant blast from the past from an October 2011 TGIF written by Chris Blackburn: And, well, wow. What a week. I know I keep talking like ‘now it’s getting real’ but, really: now it’s getting real. [Next week] is the week that kids [are] asked to stop their flow (for better or worse, that stoppage: some of them really just getting into their stride, some of them established in less than productive patterns and the break [will be] really good) and report to us: What have you been doing? How has it been working? What do you have to show? Looking forward to what this slight pause to reflect will bring. Have a great weekend!
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