Food

About Baking Bread and Changing the World

I baked bread this weekend, and I changed the world. Even if only a little bit. Bread is amazing because the end of the process is radically different from the beginning. For instance, when I made bread this weekend, I started off with a mess of yeast and oats a water that looked like this:… Continue reading About Baking Bread and Changing the World

Virtue and Reason in Politics, Educating for Resilience

The Power of Wonder in the Classroom

I believe that the practice of wonder has the potential to change our life profoundly for the better. I also believe the classroom is one of the best places to practice wonder. Mrs. Nagel, my fourth grade teacher, was a master of cultivating wonder in the classroom. Wonder and Education At the beginning of the… Continue reading The Power of Wonder in the Classroom