Here are some coincidences
about Hurricane Sandy (which is approaching the D.C. region as I type). On the work side, Character Education
Partnership’s National Forum on Character Education is slated for 1-3 November, and CEP’s founder was
Sandy McDonnell ’45. On the personal
side, I was in D.C. during Fall Break last year and there weathered a peculiar
Halloween storm as well.
On Tuesday I went to Hooray 4 Books in Alexandria to buy two birthday presents
(a book for my former supervisor’s daughter and a plush cat for me since my
birthday is on Halloween). It’s a
children’s toy and book store similar to Jazams in Palmer Square but with more
books. One of the major highlights of
the post-Princeton life, at least for this liberal arts major, is having the
brain space to read for fun. I can read
poetry just because I want to, not because I’m endeavouring to “fill the well,”
as Julia Cameron says, in order to get the poetic juices flowing. I have time to read Health magazine for its exercise tips because I will be studying to
become a health coach through the Institute of Integrative Nutrition. My fellow fellow, Sweta, and I were
discussing reading for pleasure while we assembled name badges at CEP yesterday
(Saturday). It’s a blast to have the
freedom to read!
Reading about character
education at work has also primed me to see it everywhere; when reading the
flyer for new titles coming soon to Hooray 4 Books, most of the picture and
chapter books used anthropomorphic animals to teach some sort of moral lesson
(including the very-chic lesson of ecofriendly behavior). This is hardly a novel idea, of
course!
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