I stem from two lines of athletic, sports-celebrating families. Although they praised and encouraged academia, sports were still the most lauded on both sides. Having the athletic prowess of a llama, you can see how I felt like a duck out of water. Especially odd was my love for theatre and Shakespeare, watercolor and Wyeth, […]
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Missed Stage One? Check it out here! STAGE TWO : THE PATH : MISSION STATEMENT Once the destination on the map is set, we now create a path in which to travel. Keep in mind that more than one path may lead to the same destination. Think through all of the possible pathways for
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Join Amanda weekly starting January 15th at 4:30 pm EST as she helps us understand Shakespeare’s play, ‘King Lear’. Do you remember reading your first book? I mean really reading. Not deciphering. You sat down, and for the first time in your life the difficulty of the task fell away as you lost yourself
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At any moment in the United States you can find a Shakespeare play being performed, especially in the summer and fall. We have Shakespeare in the park, and summer play houses that focus on the Bard himself. While ten out of every twelve theaters have performed ‘Twelfth Night’ or ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ in the
If you aim at nothing, you’ll hit it every time. In our post on creating a roadmap for your student, we said to start with the end in mind. But how do you choose a destination? Ken Coleman says that we should operate in what he calls our “sweet spot”, that is the intersection
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