The Special Guest

Each staff meeting, we've been joined by a special guest.  We've had Kevin Hart from Entertainment Tonight, a professional baseball player, Prince and Lady Gaga's sound man, and a variety of other guests.  Today was my favorite (and I really like Prince's sound guy).  Alan Page joined us today.  Some were interested in his professional football career, but most were interested in his work as a court justice.  He was amazing.  He really does so much for the community.

He gave some great words of wisdom:

-based on judgement, not will-- how to set preferences aside and go where the law and the facts take you

-if you are not about making the world better for everyone, what is the point? The rest doesn't matter. It is relatively easy when doing what we can to leave this world a better place than when we came here

Advice for MS: be curious, seek excellence, not to be better than the person next to them, but to fulfill themselves. Be kinder than you have to be. Be honest, be truthful, be a person of character, say what you mean, mean what you say, be fair, respecting others and respect themselves. Allow them to share their insight.

Don’t play to the level of the competition, but focus on filling your own potential.

We are entitled to our own opinions, but we are not entitled to our own facts

Somehow we lose sight of the individual child and education works best when we focus on the individual child. We are not educating classrooms, we are educating individual children. We have to figure out that we ensure that each individual child reaches their full potential.

A right without a remedy is really nothing. The provision will provide the remedy

Life is about the journey, and not the destination.

I truly felt honored that he spoke to us.