I have come to fall in love with teaching in Catholic schools. What are YOU in love with?...

"Nothing is more practical than finding God, that is, than falling in love in a quite absolute, final way. What you are in love with, what seizes your imagination, will affect everything. It will decide what will get you out of bed in the morning, what you will do with your evenings, how you will spend your weekends, what you read, who you know, what breaks your heart, and what amazes you with joy and gratitude. Fall in love, stay in love, and it will decide everything." - Pedro Arrupe

Thursday, September 29, 2011

Out of the (metaphorical) box

Today's interactive question (and by interactive, I mean one in which the students come and put a tally or their initials on the board):

Which of these songs/poems best describes how you feel about the recent rain?

- "I'm Singing in the Rain"
- "Rain Down"
- "Don't Rain on My Parade"
- "Rain, Rain, Go Away"

Maybe it was a silly question. But I think it's a question that requires thinking outside of that good old metaphorical box, wouldn't you say? (It's so much more fun and roomy outside of that box too - and I think some of our students are starting to get that!)

And I don't know about them, but I can only be "singing in the rain" for so long before I start wishing "rain, rain, go away."

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