Leap, and the Net Will Appear

[froggoddess]

Earlier this week I was talking with one of my staff about my decision to at least start this MFA program and see how it goes. She's an artist who works 20 hours per week in addition to freelance writing in order to have enough cash to support herself and her art. She also has an MBA and was CFO of a big-ass company out in Boston for years before

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[gwendally]

Your talk went great. You were funny and articulate, engaged and earnest and persuasive. You kept the 100 people focused on your message. Yours was the take-away winning message of all the speakers there this morning.

I had a brief chat with your boss P. afterwards along the lines of, "she's really a rock star, isn't she?" "Yes, she is."

[froggoddess]

*blushes* Thank you! I had a lot of fun doing it.

Last night when I finished writing my speech I showed it to my other boss, D, to look over -- he read it and joked, "This is great, have you ever thought about a career in writing?" :)

[froggoddess]

thanks, hon! :)

[in_parentheses]

Teaching really is wonderful, isn't it? And even though I periodically feel like a sell-out for being at a private school, there really tend to be so many more opportunities for creativity and so much more respect for teachers as professionals there than at public school. (This is based on my experience + talking to the many people I know who work at different kinds of schools.) I couldn't possibly love my career more, and I wish the same for you!

[froggoddess]

I don't think private school is selling out at all... The way I see it, there are two strategies for social change: bottom-up and top-down... On the whole, private school kids will be doing the top-down kind, and so it's important to make sure that they are informed, critical thinkers who hold the values necessary to make the world around them a good place to be. It's vital work. :)

[froggoddess]

ps I am so excited for you to be teaching -- it is your way of being in the world, and I am sure your classroom is a magical place, wherever it happens to be!