” Almost everything will work again…if you unplug it for a few minutes … this includes you! “
Dear Reader:
As far back as my high school ( required) typing class …I was taught to unplug my machine ( as needed) to give myself time to re-settle myself. Best lesson I ever received!
As typewriters switched over to basic computers, then more sophisticated ones …to years later teaching courses with one … some days computers broke infamously leaving me ” stranded” …so throughout my computer teaching , I had to make sure I had a story to supplement the lesson or a back-up activity… they never failed me!
Taking time to unplug me was critical then and even more so now! Putting ourselves and interests first… being kind to ourselves and our needs so we can be better to our fellow man!
Isn’t plugging in together what we should all be doing… all on one circuit? Love combined making us stronger, kinder, and compatible. Share the love!
So until tomorrow…
Fresh Flowers Light up my life! Lavender and Purple! Eloise drew her diagram on all her ” “moves” playing soccer 🙌 She is a diagram girl!
I was born a Tarheel but ended up a Sandlapper. My grandparents
were cotton farmers in Laurens, South Carolina and it was in my
grandmother’s house that my love of storytelling began beside an old
Franklin stove. When I graduated from Laurens High School, I attended
Erskine College (Due West of what?) and would later get my Masters
Degree in Education/Social Studies from Charleston Southern. I am
presently an adjunct professor/clinical supervisor at CSU and have also
taught at the College of Charleston.
For 28 years I taught Social Studies through storytelling. My philosophy
matched Rudyard Kipling’s quote: “If history were taught in the form of
stories, it would never be forgotten.” Today I still spread this message
through workshops and presentations throughout the state. The secret
of success in teaching social studies is always in the story.
I want to keep learning and being surprised by life…it is the greatest
teacher. Like Kermit said, “When you’re green you grow, when you’re
ripe you rot.”
ichaseferalcats
John Turner
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Becky Dingle