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Category: Identity

  • To Know Her is to Know Me

    To Know Her is to Know Me

    I grew up here.  This is the view from my window.  It’s always great to see this in real life – and there’s no way a camera can capture the beauty of it – and the sounds of all the animals going off right now.  I can hear all sorts…

  • You Can Find Yourself

    You Can Find Yourself

    …..when you find like-minded people, or so Ken Robinson says in his book. (I wrote a quick post about his book that I’m reading) In it, he tells stories of people that found their true selves -down deep inside of themselves. But that they were only able to do so…

  • Sweeney

    So I didn’t talk to a Sweeney today, but I talked to a guy that learned from Sweeney.  Sweeney taught the guy that I talked to today tons of lessons, and he now in turn is teaching me.  But in some interesting and convoluted way – Sweeney is teaching me. …

  • Your Sayings

    I was listening to a podcast, and the guy I was listening to has phrases that he would say repeatedly.  It caught my attention because one of those phrases is “Here’s the thing.”  It also happens to be one of my filler phrases.  I say “Here’s the thing,” all the…

  • The Sound of Your Voice

    Have you ever heard it?  Have you ever paid attention to it?  Do you like the sound of your voice? I’m sure we can all point out people that really love the sound of their voice.  They talk all the time.  It’s all about them.  That’s not necessarily what I’m…

  • The Psychology of the Makeover

    The Psychology of the Makeover

    Psychology n., pl., -gies. The science that deals with mental processes and behavior. The emotional and behavioral characteristics of an individual, group, or activity: the psychology of war. Subtle tactical action or argument used to manipulate or influence another: He used poor psychology on his employer when trying to make…

  • Kim Chee Bulgogi Burrito

    Kim Chee Bulgogi Burrito

    …..for breakfast no less.  How does your taste buds respond to that?  Fermented cabbage, marinated beef with salsa all rolled up in a tortilla – meant to be the Korean-Mexican breakfast treat.  I was bummed when I saw the sign because I wanted to try it.  I wasn’t hungry, but…

  • Are You Photo-Realistic?

    Are You Photo-Realistic?

    I couldn’t tell you what the impetus for this post was.  I must have heard it or read it somewhere, and I instantly titled this post and saved it as a draft.  Now coming back to write the actual post, I can’t remember what brought about this thought. It is…

  • A Perspective on Ignorance

    A Perspective on Ignorance

    As a teacher and an educator, I want to educate against ignorance.  I get a picture of this super hero teacher that is fighting the crime of ignorance.  I tend to think that a good teacher is one that can fight ignorance.  I tend to think that a good teacher…

  • Power

    Power

    When you first think of this word or idea, what do you think about?  I just read a book about power, and it was quite interesting.  I really challenged my ideas of it.  Check out this webpage for the table of contents and the description of each of the chapters.…

  • Bigorexia

    Bigorexia

    Have you heard of it?  I just heard about it recently.  It’s described as reverse anorexia.  It is an eating disorder.  Instead of wanting to get smaller and thinner, people with this disease try and get bigger. It’s basically the same disease as anorexia except for the fact that there…

  • Your Uniqueness

    Your Uniqueness

    I came up with the line – be unique, but belong – after reading some Erik Erikson for my research.  There’s a balance that needs to be maintained between being yourself, but not being yourself too much.  Or being a part of the group, but not being so weird that…