Day 46 - Vision

I have always had the ability to plan well.  It's the way my brain works.  Take in information, anaylze it and organize it.  And while I can focus and have direction, I have never had vision.

I think too small.  Alex told me this about homework.  He said I worry too much about the details and not enough about the big picture.  Homework is insignificant.  He's going to be the boss, other people will do his work for him.  He's probably right about being the boss and probably right about me too.

I do get bogged down in the details.  It's what makes me a good planner.  No stone left unturned.  It also limits my vision. 

It is my good fortune that I work with someone who has vision.  Incredible vision.  Bust open your brain vision.  And I think it is beginning to rub off on me.

I have at times this year stressed and felt a little guilty about spending less time focusing on my teaching  and more time focusing on a broader plan for helping struggling students.  And then it dawned on me.  For the first three years of teaching I focused on being a really good medication for learning influenza.  Perfecting my effectiveness.  Now I'm morphing into a vaccine.  With hopes of one day irradicating the need for any child to be left behind or pulled away.  I'm still in the development process and working out the kinks.  There are undesirable side effects.  But when the transition is complete the impact will be far greater.  That kind of sounds like vision.