Today has been an interesting day.

In all honesty, today probably hasn't been any more interesting than any other day, it is just that I have pulled into my head and marinated in my thoughts.

I am a random net user. I start with a word, let's say "velcro." Then I go where every good web adventure begins, Google.

My Google Search

Of course the Wikipedia page is the first entry in my search queue.

As I read through the history, invention, and application on Velcro, I undoubted get to the bottom of the Wiki page and find the suggested links.

"Biomimicry" What the heck is that? And so on and so forth.

This leads me on an Alice and Wonderland type journey and ends somewhere, probably bed time, with no real resolution or conclusion.

Let me back up a little bit...

I suppose today's jump into my head started last night. I was reading through my friends blog and came across a blog that she reads. Just reading the entries there made me think about what it is that teachers do and what that means. I ultimately came to no conclusions but it pulled me behind my eyes.

So today three out of six of my classes were held in a computer lab. In between monitoring my students, taking roll, and other responsibilities, I started to look for stuff. During class I found nothing of note, but at lunch I found something. I found this:



If you don't have the twenty minutes to watch this video, then no big deal. But listening to this talk made me, the already introspecting "what does it all mean" person, think about my own life. Do I move to fast? Am I moving to fast? Could I use a slow down? How does this apply to my teaching? Has this year been frustrating because I am rushing through material (I should note that this year has only been mildly frustrating compared to last year)? Where else could my life use a slow down? Slowing down is relaxing. Whether I really need it or not, I am going to slow down and watch the world as it slowly passes by. Right now as I write this I am watching the orange stripe of sunlight be consumed by the blue of night. I gotta say I like it. Although I don't know that this multi tasking counts as a slow down but I digress.

I want to write more but I will save it for tomorrow.

The Importance of Words - Tomorrow.