I've struggled with consistently blogging. This is less about me not having things to say and more to do with realizing that it's hard to write authoritatively when I feel less and less sure each day. Even regarding what that I do professionally -- teach in a charter school -- I feel like I have far more questions than answers.
When reading something things I wrote when I first started teaching, it seemed like then I was far more confident in what solutions were. Perhaps expertise is a paradox -- the more one has, the less sure one becomes.
The authors of most blogs sound quite confident. I'm pretty sure this is either 1) a pose or 2) foolishness. Check that -- could be both as those two aren't necessarily in conflict with each other.
Anyway, I (re)start with that caveat so I can use this blog going forward as a way to think through topics.
This is what I've been thinking about:
* The tension between individual bad actors in a society versus the larger number of folks who are susceptible to a culture's negative influence
* The importance of cultural norms
* The cost/benefit of jailing lawbreakers
* Popular ideas of leadership versus leadership in action
* The tension of having a plan versus getting sufficient buy-in to execute the plan
* A habit in our political discourse that leads to some people being valued more than others by institutions committed to serving all equally
* The persistence of belief in the face of evidence refuting that belief
I will have more questions than answers.
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