| Chapter 2: | Aquamarine Spring |
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3. What potential insights might be gained? That teacher identity is critical to successful teaching; connectedness spills over life into the classroom, into teaching and learning.
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4. How might I influence theory and practice? My work can be used in teacher education programs; telling stories will enlarge the notion of “normative. “
Is that too simplistic—to think I can actually make a difference?
My very large extended family had a get-together last night. There were about 130 people at the restaurant. It was good to see all my cousins. There was too much to eat as usual. Since the PhD program started I know I'm different. I feel like an island, untouchable, a bit alone, can't explain. At the end of the evening, I was standing on the sidewalk waiting for Luke and the girls who went back into the restaurant. It was dark and there were still people milling about. I distinctly felt out of place as if I was standing on the sidewalk. Yes, I was on the sidewalk but I felt unnatural as if my heels were really high and I wasn't touching very much of the concrete. I think our disconnections are always related to groundings to the earth in some way.
You're so silly. First, I think of you too, and how can you say being attended to by me feels like heaven? What on earth are you talking about? I'm only writing! Attending would be much more than that.
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April 2
Tired of me yet? This is my way of working. I really want to produce a work that people can understand. Lorri Neilsen says the esoteric language public intellectuals use creates a gap between