I’ve set out to write an awe-inspiring post about a few revamped instructional strategies at least a dozen times. But the truth is, I feel brain dead! Sure, I’m pulling out all the stops now that we’re 100% face-to-face and experiencing fewer quarantines (knock on wood!). We’ve done as much work away from screens as we possibly can — upping our use of thinking map journals, annotating historical song lyrics and images, analyzing primary sources and so on.
Nevertheless, there is one, solitary, single thing sustaining me right now: positivity. I’m looking for it everywhere. I’m working my tail off to spread it all day long. I’m going overboard to affirm it when I see, hear, or notice it. I shut down negativity like it’s a three-headed monster. Because honestly, it’s a complete and total waste of time at this point. We are where we are, we’ve been tested by fire, and all we can do is push on with a smile under our mask and a song in our heart.
One day soon, my brain will come back to life, and I’ll send along some new instructional ideas. For now, I’ve got a one track mind for positivity — the golden ray of light that changes everything.