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Dalissalee

Welcome Dalissalee to Mother Thinker! I look forward to your thoughts and contributions to our growing forum. See Dalissa’s first comment here.

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On Twitter: W crumbling bldngs, embarrassing PSSA scres & achvmnt gap that rivals parting of Red Sea, do u think they care abt rants 4 diff intsruction?

Translation: My school district is faced with a daunting list of challenges, including facilities badly in need of repair, declining PSSA scores, and a seemingly intractable achievement gap. Faced with these challenges, there seems to be few resources and less energy around the district’s long standing promise to bring differentiated instruction to our classrooms. Without differentiated instruction, there are children in every class who are under-stimulated or lost. I explore this always in hopes of better understanding how parents might effect change for the better.

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There are days when my thoughts take over, when what is on my mind consumes my words, my time, my relationships. And there are days when all is calm. I like both kinds of days. The stark differences between them let me enjoy each, the way a cold winter readies us for the warmth of spring and summer.

I am a mother. I have three excellent children, and they permeate my thoughts. Their education, their relationships, their joy, the world they are growing up in all spend time making their imprint on what I think about from day to day. I am a mother thinker.

It isn’t that I think only about my children. It is that being a mother is the lens through which my thoughts naturally pass. It keeps my focus looking out, looking out at my children, at their schools, at their friends, our community and our world. It may be easier than looking in at myself, but fear not, I can do some of that too. I probably will write less about my own introspection than my outward thoughts and observations.

I hope you’ll join in conversation with me. We’ll sharpen our minds together. Challenge me. Make me defend what I say. Agree or disagree with me, question me. Tell your thoughts. Are you a mother thinker consumed with thoughts and words today?