Twenty years ago, when my oldest son turned five and I had to take a look at the educational system available for my kids, I found it sadly lacking. I ended up homeschooling my five sons for that reason. But now I am really in the thick of it. I’ve got my teaching credential and I’m being confronted by this system in another way. I no longer just have five kids I’m responsible for… I have 40+. And I’m seeing the results of the traditional educational system and I want to do what I can to change it because I know there is another way that is so much better.
When I study or teach a topic I like to make sure I also study something contrary to it. For example, when I teach the Declaration of Independence I also like to touch on the Communist Manifesto. While I am not equating Common Core with the Communist Manifesto, 
My son and I went to see the new Christopher Robin movie last night. It was so much fun! On the drive home, we talked and laughed while we went through all of our favorite parts. And thoughts came to me… and I had to write this down.
What is a paradigm? Is it referring to a “pair of dimes”? It can’t be important because we don’t use that word much, right? WRONG. The word paradigm refers to something really important. It names something so that you can be aware of it and purposefully change it.
I’m a history teacher. I LOVE history, especially exploring the cycles in history. I get excited when I see how things like entrepreneurship have changed the world. 