Tomorrow and Times of Change September 22, 2007
Posted by sjubb in Commentary, Ideas and Reflections.trackback
Tomorrow is our vision workshop and I am very excited and a bit nervous. I have spoken in public hundreds of times and have been privileged to serve in leadership roles for nearly all of the forty years of my working life. Yet what we will come together to discuss tomorrow feels different—as if all of those forty years were preparation for this next and biggest challenge.
I thought I knew a lot, and then, suddenly, with the simple choice to work on a new approach to education, I didn’t know any of the things I needed and wanted to know. These last ten months of learning and creating have been like starting at the beginning again (and that’s a scary thing to do when you are almost 60).
I just want you to know that Katrina, Elizabeth, Ed and me—we all feel deep appreciation for the fact of your engagement. That so many are willing to come and be a part of such a venture is truly humbling, inspiring and definitely motivating. I’ll finish today’s message with a quote:
“In times of change, learners inherit the Earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.” Eric Hoffer (http://www.erichoffer.net/)
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