Rives is a favourite of mine. This is an oldie (2006), but from Rives, it’s always a goodie. I think Mark Zuckerberg might have been listening to this, because Facebook can pretty much do a lot of things he articulated in this poem when he waxed lyrical about Napstar, Friendster and the other ‘ters’ that were the ‘in things’ in 2006. It makes 2006 seem like an age ago when you realise that many of the sites he referenced don’t exist today. Six years is a lifetime for some Internet start-ups. In six years they can live and die, or if they’re lucky, be consumed by the big guns who reward them grandly, but render them faceless as they improve their offering.
Today, I took my own advice and used 12 minutes of class time to show the subject of yesterday’s post to my Yr 10 students. It was really encouraging to see them laughing along as I did, and taking note of Shawn’s recommendations for rewiring our brains to promote happiness within us. I proposed that we follow his advice for 21 days, and I’m going to start here by listing three things I was grateful for today.
1. Having the opportunity to teach students who have open minds and who are willing to try new things to improve their learning.
2. Laughing with my daughter as we shared stories from our day.
3. Having the opportunity to see live theatre performed, penned by Australian master playwright, David Williamson.
I was thinking I could share what I’m feeling grateful about here, but I’m not sure it’s the right vehicle. I’ll play it by ear I think. What I do want to do is adhere to this, and other recommendations from Shawn Achor, for the 21 days. I want to see if I can rewire my thinking, and look for the positives around me more than the negatives. I know what it’s like when you’re working in an energised state, and I think I need that pick me up right now.
You haven’t heard much about it of late, but my back room renovation is nearly complete! New carpet is laid next week, and by the end of Tuesday night, we should be enjoying a vastly improved back room in our house. I may even include a picture next week!
Enjoy your weekend. Mine will include a visit to the picture theatre to see ‘The Hunger Games’. Can’t wait really. : )
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My name is Shaun Coleman, I’m a student at South Alabama in EDM310 class. I followed this story and it was very interesting Jenny, you have complied a daily journal it seems of things your doing and want to accomplish. I love to hear people say they are wanting to surround themselves with positive people and things. Keep em coming
Okay the first time I just read your post and never watched the video. Rives youtube videois cool. He basically speaking on if he ran the the internet and what he would do different in his world. Pretty funny and also made some good points. I can understand why you like this guy. Keep putting up posts and blogging I would love to keep following your stories and posts.