Three Things: Used Cars, Pleasantly Surprised, and Transitions

Always leave space in your mind to be pleasantly surprised.

Jeremy Jorgensen

Feb 9, 2023 — 1 min read

Photo by Hilbert Hill / Unsplash

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Sometimes when I'm teaching I feel like a salesman who can't make a sale.

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Always leave space in your mind to be pleasantly surprised.

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Watching 8th graders sign up for their high school classes is one of the highlights of the school year. It's when they start taking more control over their lives. I also know that each year some of my students will use the change in schools as an opportunity to redefine the kind of student and person they want to be.

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