Author Archives: timothygoodwin
PLASTIC!
How you are you doing sheltering in place? My family is healthy and able to adjust and continue with work and schooling. The biggest impact so far is psychological; it’s difficult to think or converse about anything else. My family … Continue reading
Hard Times Come Again No More
The song, “Hard Times Come Again No More” by Stephen Foster, from 1854, still resonates. While how we conduct our daily lives today is different than during the industrial revolution, Gilded age and Civil War, maybe we are seeing the … Continue reading
A Global Teachable Moment and a Bag of Carrots
My wife came home from work yesterday with her computer and other desk supplies in a box. Today she starts working from home. That’s my gig. We now have two home offices set up. My daughter arrived home from college … Continue reading
Exposed
We’ve been exposed to and by covid-19. We are unprepared for a significant national emergency and interruption to our daily routines and economy. This interruption isn’t due to the number of individuals that are sick and actually afflicted by the … Continue reading
Posted in Edumusings
Don’t Feed the Fear Monster
Does it seem to you that we are collectively on the edge of panic and in a state of fear? The impact of this on our daily lives and our ability to make reasonable short-term and long-term decisions is not … Continue reading
Thinking About Being a Liberal
I participated in the Democratic caucus yesterday. In Minnesota it’s the Democratic-Farmer-Labor (DFL) party. Because Minnesota now has a presidential primary in addition to the caucus the primary function was to select delegates for the next level of party nomination … Continue reading
Posted in Edumusings
Tagged biden, caucus, democrat, klobuchar, liberal, pete, primary, progressive, republican, Sanders, warren
Thoughts From a Loser Teacher
Well, it’s official. I’m a loser. Have been since the age of 24 when I got my first teaching job. Probably longer since I was raised by a loser teacher and knew that’s what I wanted to do before I … Continue reading
Posted in Edumusings
Tagged Budget, Education, El Paso, Loser, MAGA, Sanders, trump, Trump Jr., Working Poor
