My name is Kristin, and I am all of the following (I am large, I contain multitudes):
Teacher-in-training (the raison d'être of this site). Opsimath. Polymath. Overthinker. Crone. Bibliophile. Woolgatherer. Advocate. Taker of the road less traveled. Thought-box dissassembler. Easily fascinated. Solidly fluid. They/them. Grateful resident of the lands of the Kumeyaay Nation.
My hope is that I can help students learn to learn, be discerning, and find fascination wherever they are. Perseverence and community are the twin cores of my classroom. Won't you be my neighbor?
“Having eyes, but not seeing beauty; having ears, but not hearing music; having minds, but not perceiving truth; having hearts that are never moved and therefore never set on fire. These are the things to fear, said the headmaster.”
― Tetsuko Kuroyanagi, Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window
世に恐るべきものは「目あれども美を知らず、耳あれども楽を聴かず、心あれども真を解さず、感激せざれば燃えもせず」の類である。
ー 黒柳徹子の『窓ぎわのトットちゃん』より