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Jennifer Wolfe February 22, 2017 2 Comments

Learn To Do Everything Lightly: Words From Aldous Huxley

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Jennifer Wolfe, a writer-teacher-mom, is dedicated to finding the extraordinary in the ordinary moments of life by thinking deeply, loving fiercely, and teaching audaciously. Read her stories on her blog, mamawolfe at jenniferwolfe.net.

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Let Me Be: Poetry For Celebrating Summer Solstice - June 21, 2017
Don’t You Think Age Is Only A Number? - June 17, 2017
Teaching In Indonesia: What’s Similar And Different To The U.S. - June 6, 2017

” It’s dark because you are trying too hard. Lightly child, lightly. Learn to do everything lightly. Yes, feel Yes, feel lightly even though you’re feeling deeply. Just lightly let things happen and lightly cope with them. I was so preposterously serious in those days… Lightly, lightly – it’s the best advice ever given me…So […]

Jennifer Wolfe October 6, 2016 1 Comment

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Let Me Be: Poetry For Celebrating Summer Solstice - June 21, 2017
Don’t You Think Age Is Only A Number? - June 17, 2017
Teaching In Indonesia: What’s Similar And Different To The U.S. - June 6, 2017

“Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.” ~Aristotle Teachers, have you thought about this? Do you know how you will educate your students’ hearts this year? Childhood – especially the middle school years – can seem like a crazy-making manic time for kids. One minute they’re sweet, young and innocent, […]

Jennifer Wolfe June 18, 2015 4 Comments

It’s The Last Day of School – So Why Aren’t My Students Leaving?

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Let Me Be: Poetry For Celebrating Summer Solstice - June 21, 2017
Don’t You Think Age Is Only A Number? - June 17, 2017
Teaching In Indonesia: What’s Similar And Different To The U.S. - June 6, 2017

It’s always a minimum day schedule on the last day of school, making it super hard to get anything done (yes, they want us to teach up until the last bell), as well as to have a moment to breathe, to be present, to process what is going on. The last day of school is […]

Jennifer Wolfe January 9, 2013 13 Comments

Education Reform: Three Ideas for the Next Four Years

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Let Me Be: Poetry For Celebrating Summer Solstice - June 21, 2017
Don’t You Think Age Is Only A Number? - June 17, 2017
Teaching In Indonesia: What’s Similar And Different To The U.S. - June 6, 2017

There is no doubt in my mind: the American education system is in deep trouble and needs reform. According to a recently published report of the world’s best education systems by the education firm, Pearson, the US ranked 17th of 40 developed countries. Finland and South Korea, leading the study, received high rankings because they […]

Jennifer Wolfe December 9, 2012 4 Comments

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Let Me Be: Poetry For Celebrating Summer Solstice - June 21, 2017
Don’t You Think Age Is Only A Number? - June 17, 2017
Teaching In Indonesia: What’s Similar And Different To The U.S. - June 6, 2017

“And in the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.” – Abraham Lincoln My Indonesian ‘dress cut’ experience I took this seriously last year; breathing some life into areas that have been dormant, neglected, or otherwise overlooked. Another year of happiness, laughter and lessons learned – […]