HeyJaredLuke Almon
Luke Almon is a High School Principal in Alaska, an Adjunct Professor of Education, and a monthly columnist.
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Fall (opens the original)
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Last Monday I walked a mile upriver in the late afternoon light, with my dogs, to where the river bends eastward. There was a light breeze; the sunlight glinted off the magpie’s wings as they darted between the banks; the sky was deep blue. There aren’t many moments like this. At this point in the year, the last direct rays of sunlight fall on the riverbank between 4:30 and 5:00 pm. Next week at the same spot there will only be shadows. But for now everything is infused with golden light. It mak
Resistance is the Key to Learning (opens the original)
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Working with resistance is the key to survival (and learning).-John Dewey, paraphrased from The Craftsmen, Chapter 8: Resistance and AmbiguityDo you get the sense that there is too much information to be able to tell what is actually important?Have you ever wondered why we create so much information?Do you wonder why we have a tendency to want to reduce complex processes to acronyms or flowcharts or tables?</
Craftsmanship & Classrooms (opens the original)
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It will be time enough to think of changing them for the better when we can use them as they are....So, when a boy is first taught to write Latin, an authority is required of him for every expression he uses; as he becomes master of the language he may take a license, and feel his right to do so without any authority, and yet write better Latin than when he borrowed every separate expression.John Ruskin, <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/files/35898/35898-h/35898-h.htm?utm_source=ch
A Single Garment of Destiny (opens the original)
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He is certainly a good citizen who wishes to promote the welfare of the whole society of his fellow citizens.Paraphrased from Adam Smith, The Theory of Moral Sentiments, p. 50Those who we tend to admire the most did the most good for others. So, by extension, goodness is synonymous with selflessness. Generosity almost never backfires. Yet, the times in which we live have left many people feeling unnecessary. Extreme convenience and a
Is Reading Dead? (opens the original)
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A wealth of information creates a poverty of attention.-Herbert Simon, epigraph in Stillness is the Key by Ryan HolidayLast week I walked into two different classrooms in which students were discussing articles on the nature of reading. The first was the recent Atlantic article by Rose Horowitch entitled, “The End of Reading is Here”, and the ot
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