Better we make the wise decision than the expedient one.
Read the older educators... Read Ted Sizer and Deborah Meier and Herb Kohl... and feel the wisdom in their words. They write without hubris, but instead with an acknowledgment of their own flawed humanity. They write with an understand that they cannot be all things to all children, but with the knowledge that they must come as close as they can.
I am far from religious, but I am reminded a lot these days of the serenity prayer:
God grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference.
Here is an example of one of the 100 word stories that are currently being wriiten by a R.E class. They will shortly will be turned into another magazine.