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Reena’s Exploration Challenge #Week 13

Posted on November 17, 2017 by Michael

When I think back on a career that lasted 39 years the one thing I would like to be remembered for is the opportunity I gave my students to discover learning through a variety of methods. I never believed learning … Continue reading →

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Reena’s Exploration Challenge #Week 12

Posted on November 10, 2017 by Michael

We are all multi-faceted, and this image to me illustrates that idea. The notion that like an onion we have many dimensions to us comes to mind. I think we’d all like to think there is more to us than … Continue reading →

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Reena’s Exploration Challenge #Week 11

Posted on November 3, 2017 by Michael

It’s late, and for some reason I find myself wading waist deep against a stream flowing away from me. I know I have to keep going, to keep struggling as in the distance is the place I want to be. … Continue reading →

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Reena’s Exploration Challenge # Week 10 – Horace Skant

Posted on October 27, 2017 by Michael

(As this is the last of Reena’s Exploration Challenges, let me say how I have enjoyed being a part of each challenge. Thanks Reena for challenging me the way you have.) When Horace Skant was given tenure at the local … Continue reading →

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Reena’s Exploration Challenge #Week 9 – Trust

Posted on October 20, 2017 by Michael

I find the whole trust issue a difficult one to deal with. I say this as I have trust issues myself. You could say that as a damaged person you are within your rights to feel trust is something you … Continue reading →

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Reena’s Exploration Challenge #Week 8

Posted on October 13, 2017 by Michael

There have been times when you knew confrontation was going to be tricky, tough and downright scary. It’s happened in both my working and home life. I think I ‘stuff up’ a lot with no intention of doing so, and … Continue reading →

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Reena’s Exploration Challenge #Week 7

Posted on October 6, 2017 by Michael

Take any one belief of yours that has ruled your life, and examine it from the following aspects.  1 Is it true? 2 Can you absolutely know that it’s true? 3 How do you react, what happens, when you believe … Continue reading →

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Reena’s Exploration Challenge #Week 6 – My Strength.

Posted on September 29, 2017 by Michael

What is it that makes you feel powerful? What is that strength which makes your time on this planet worthwhile? The word powerful is not one I would use about myself as I wouldn’t think of myself in that way. … Continue reading →

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Reena’s Exploration Challenge  – Week 5 – Think

Posted on September 29, 2017 by Michael

The reason there were no documents surrounding the previous strategies was fairly obvious. No one wanted to admit to failure and their own level of incompetence. The embarrassment they all felt when the academics penned ‘military intelligence’ as the newest … Continue reading →

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Reena’s Exploration Challenge #Week 4 – His Own Longing

Posted on September 16, 2017 by Michael

It was knowledge he craved Realising there was so much to absorb He spent a lifetime chasing it wherever he could. There was no doubt the longing lived inside him He tried his hand at so many things Discovered a … Continue reading →

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