What I learned from teaching… I learned through direct experience —as a parent, high school English teacher, teacher-educator, yoga teacher, mental health counselor, and writer that one of the best ways to learn is through teaching. Teaching students to write their college essays each year as their English teacher was one of the most enlightening experiencesContinue reading “Learning about Learning by Teaching”
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Podcast 17: LEARNING as OPPORTUNITY MINDSET
In this podcast, I read Part V: LEARNING from Classic Wisdom for the Modern Human: A Self-Study Guide for Wellness (2019, Amazon). The podcast includes subtopics like: *Vulnerability as intrinsic to learning process and creating meaning *Parenting without safe-space or victim mentality *Schooling discourages failure and uniqueness *How and why to continue learning as aContinue reading “Podcast 17: LEARNING as OPPORTUNITY MINDSET”
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Opportunity Mindset = Meaning & Wellness
Q. What is Landscapes for Learning? A. It’s a mindset—-an opportunity-focused way of looking at the world of personal experience. You can CHOOSE to see your life any way you decide. Just decide! Q. Why did I name this blog and my independent education website and business, Landscapes for Learning? A. Lots of reasons, butContinue reading “Opportunity Mindset = Meaning & Wellness”
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Learning on the Inner Landscape
Study yourself for wisdom and wellness!
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Problems, Purpose, & Shitty First Drafts
“The meaning and design of a problem seem not to lie in its solution, but in our working at it incessantly. This alone preserves us from stultification and petrifaction.” — C.G. Jung Problems define us. Rather than ignoring them, pretending they don’t exist, or that they are someone else’s responsibility to solve, facing problems andContinue reading “Problems, Purpose, & Shitty First Drafts”
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What You Won’t Learn at School
Engage in Self-Study to Prepare to Thrive in the Future “What’s good for everybody is to get to know yourself better because we are now entering the era where we are hackable animals…and there are corporations and governments that are trying to hack you whether you are a student or a billionaire…If you don’t get to knowContinue reading “What You Won’t Learn at School”
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Yuval Harari on the Value of Self-Study
“What’s good for everybody is to get to know yourself better because we are now entering the era where we are hackable animals…and there are corporations and governments that are trying to hack you whether you are a student or a billionaire…If you don’t get to know yourself, you become easy prey to all these organizations and governments that are hacking youContinue reading “Yuval Harari on the Value of Self-Study”
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Return to Uniqueness
Why can’t we inform people that they can be their truest selves sooner, encourage them to slow down to practice stillness, to listen to their inner guide, and give them the loving support and tools to do so? That’s a question I ask in my book and am answering with the creation of my coachingContinue reading “Return to Uniqueness”
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Podcast 015: Future of Education: Learning Beyond Schooling
“I hope to help dismantle traditional schooling and its unhelpful, outdated, damaging values and persuade teachers, school leaders, parents, and students to focus their attention on better, more important ways of learning. My goal is to support ALL parties in this transformation with their humanity and a love for our shared humanity in tact.” Continue reading “Podcast 015: Future of Education: Learning Beyond Schooling”
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List for Learning: 27 Take-Aways from It’s Not About the Grades
27 Take-Aways from It’s Not About the Grades: Landscapes for Learning Beyond Schooling Since everyone seems to be publishing books with rules for life and lists for “best” something or other, I thought I would make a list of possible take-aways from It’s Not About the Grades: Landscapes for Learning Beyond Schooling, my newest memoirContinue reading “List for Learning: 27 Take-Aways from It’s Not About the Grades”
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It’s Not About the Grades: Landscapes for Learning Beyond Schooling
About my manuscript in progress, It’s Not About the Grades: Landscapes for Learning Beyond Schooling (memoir of a high school English teacher)
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Podcast 013: It’s Not About the Grades: INTRODUCTION
It’s Not About the Grades: Love for Learning Beyond Schooling is very close to completion, so I am recording a reading of a few chapters for feedback, as a faster way of getting “peer review” before I write proposals for publishing the final manuscript. INTRODUCTION Download Episode HERE I would LOVE your input, insight, constructiveContinue reading “Podcast 013: It’s Not About the Grades: INTRODUCTION”
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Podcast 012: Preface, It’s Not About the Grades
It’s Not About the Grades: Love for Learning Beyond Schooling is very close to completion, so I am recording a reading of a few chapters for feedback, as a faster way of getting “peer review” before I write proposals for publishing the final manuscript. THIS PODCAST IS A READING OF THE PREFACE, A LETTER TOContinue reading “Podcast 012: Preface, It’s Not About the Grades”
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Podcast 010: Nick Filth
Nick Filth grew up in an abusive home, dropped out of high school after ninth grade, was homeless for a time, and addicted to drugs, but ironically his experiences with THC and psychedelics sent him out of this world then back to his own life– his truth, which is a place and point of viewContinue reading “Podcast 010: Nick Filth”
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About LFL Podcast
In this first podcast, I introduce myself and my purpose for the Landscapes for Learning podcast. http://traffic.libsyn.com/landscapesforlearning/001_ABOUT_LFL_PODCAST.mp3 I was motivated to create the Landscapes for Learning project to counter students’ and parents’ and schools’ over-valuation of grades and competition for college acceptance as the key to “the good life.” As a long-time educator, I sawContinue reading “About LFL Podcast”
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Grounded Parents= Grounded Kids
ground·ed ˈɡroundid/ adjective adjective: grounded 1. well balanced and sensible. “the kids have money and a rock-star dad, but they seem grounded” 2. (of a pilot or an aircraft) prohibited or prevented from flying. “you don’t taunt a grounded flier, especially after he’s had a few beers” informal (of a child being punished) not allowed toContinue reading “Grounded Parents= Grounded Kids”
