Archive for October, 2007
Thursday, October 18th, 2007
What’s a wonk?
I noticed a definition of the word “wonk” on the MSSP Nexus Blog. In particular this post says it’s
“a student who spends much time studying and has little or no social life…”
I prefer the definition at Wordsmith.org:
“An expert who studies a subject or issue thoroughly and excessively.”
See, I wouldn’t mind [...]
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Tuesday, October 16th, 2007
Respect for strangers.
Sometimes I read something I mean to write about, and then it totally slips my mind — like this piece from Possibility Virus blog of Michael Bungay Stanier. It took me so long to get around to this gem that the original post doesn’t seem to be available any more. Good thing I copied [...]
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Friday, October 12th, 2007
Planning in the fall
Finally, it’s beginning to feel like fall around here!
There’s just something about fall that makes it feel like the real beginning of the year. And here it is October…Does it seem like we’re already behind?
Even thought I’m long out of school and my kids are grown, this seems like the beginning of the planning season. [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Coaching, Deciding: Why is it so hard? by Kerch
Friday, October 12th, 2007
A Seagull Manager
I love words that are used to describe something they weren’t meant to describe… but they make such a clear picture. I bet there’s a grammatical name for that, but I can’t think of it.
So for now, let me start this archive that I’ll call “Just what does that word mean?” with this reference I [...]