323: This I Believe (As My Life Changes)

We moved this month, and it wasn't one of your quick moves. We did one of those once, from one cabin to the one next door, carrying our furniture and baskets of stuff across a soon well-worn path through the woods. But no, this one was an international move across four flights and nine time zones, with some of our stuff going by shipping container across the Atlantic, some by moving truck across the U.S., and some by plane with us. And then there was the cat. Anyway, I've been meeting a lot of new people and trying to describe my work, which is always a humorous challenge. "I write curriculum for creative English teachers," I might say. "I'm a podcaster." "I help English teachers try out new creative methods. I love it." People nod and smile, but really, they have no idea what I mean. There's no glow of recognition like when I used to say "I'm a teacher." All this introducing myself has made me think about what's really important to me, and I want to re-introduce myself here, with my own little spinoff of NPR's famous "This I believe" series (one of my favorite writing units, by the way, check out episode 76). So here goes. I guess you could call this my manifesto.   Go Further:  Explore alllll the Episodes of The Spark Creativity Teacher Podcast. Join our community, Creative High School English, on Facebook. Come hang out on Instagram.  Enjoying the podcast? Please consider sharing it with a friend, snagging a screenshot to share on the 'gram, or tapping those ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ to help others discover the show. Thank you!