Summer thINK's

Hearing your voices, reading your ideas about big ideas in the world, was exciting for me. I enjoy peaking inside your minds and engaging in conversation with you. I look forward to the continued conversations we'll have throughout the year.


I wanted to take a minute to share some highlights of your work. With each of you writing three thINK's (or at least each of you supposed to be writing THREE!), it is impossible for me to share all the thoughtful posts, but here's a few worthy of note:


I empathized with Lauren's testing anxiety in her post "ACT Stands for Agonizingly Cruel Test." I especially like her wordplay: "Will I take the test, or will the test take me?".


I also found Crist's post, "Are We Becoming Twits?" intriguing, especially since exploring how social networking is impacting students is one of the ballot choices for BIG IDEAS to explore this year.


Andrea, in her post "Live and Love,"  ponders the meaning of life and  whether our chasing after love ultimately defines us. Russell discusses love as well.. Interesting. 


Lauren writes about a book I too found a delight--The Hunger Games. If you haven't read the two in the series, you should. Third is due out next week!!!!


Recently, I've been reading about and mulling over the idea of America being consumed with consumption. Sam's post sort of touches on this notion. It's particularly interesting because he discusses a local issue--the recent tax increase vote.


Finally, Natalie speaks of a photo that shows an Iranian boy playing a violin in a destroyed hall. Her comments about finding hope in even the most desperate situations inspired me.


Thanks to all of you for your work this summer. There were many wonderful posts. I look forward to a great year of reading, thinking, discussion, and writing about BIG IDEAS.  


Image Credit:  "Bansky Monkey" by kalidoskopika at Flickr