Author: teacherken

Now that I have your attention  …… This is a personal reflection on undergoing the process for certification under the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards.   if you have little interest in...

Unfortunately, love and compassion have been omitted from too many spheres of social interaction for too long.  Usually confined to family and home, their practice in public life is considered impractical, even naive....

are beings who are fully enlightened, but do not accept the full benefit of their enlightenment but remain in the world on behalf of other sentient creatures to help them reach enlightenment. Okay, I am simplifying a bit....

NOTE: posted this afternoon on dailykos, but it scrolled by without much notice.  I really think it is worth the read What does it mean to be a teacher?  I am often asked why i became a teacher, which question is far...