Peter Gow, Trying to Further Education and Educators

Archive for the charisma Category

The Original Disruptor: A Cautionary Reflection on DEAD POETS SOCIETY

On August 12, 2014   /   Blackboard Jungle, charisma, Dead Poets Society, disruptive change, disruptive innovation, innovation, NotYourFathersSchool, Robin Williams, students, teachers, teaching, To Sir With Love  

The tragic death of Robin Williams has moved us all, no matter what our special memories of his oeuvre might be: Mork, Adrian Cronauer, Peter Pan, or even John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt in one of my favorite films, To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar. For […]

Read more →
Back to Top

ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF TRADITIONAL LANDS

I here affirm that the offices from which I work are situated on lands that have a very long and continuing history as a locus of residence, livelihood, traditional expression, and exchange by the Massachusett, Wampanoag, Abenaki, Mohawk, Wabanaki, Hohokam, O’odam, Salt River Pima, and Maricopa people. The servers for this website are situated on Ute and Goshute land. We make this acknowledgment to remind ourselves, our educational partners, and our friends of our shared obligation to acknowledge and work toward righting the inequities and injustices that have alienated indigenous peoples from the full occupation and utilization of these spaces.