Eight totes have been marked "parcel post" at the local post office. The bathrooms are sparkling and clean. The books have been shipped to Napaskiak, and a change of address has been filed. Even my Netflix account has been updated. The great semi-annual shift is on...
There are many ways to minimize the potential disruption of moving around so far so often. Much of my life is lived online. Banking and bill notification all take place on the internet. The simple existence of this blog speaks loudly to the change in the life that is possible even in what were once thought of as locations isolated from the stream of American life. I doubt that that statement was ever really true. It is certainly not now.
I spent several minutes yesterday exchanging instant messages on Facebook with Joe B. about our return and what has been going on out in PKA. He can send text messages to us and we can respond. Things are a whole lot easier as regards communications than they must have been before.
Now it is time to begin dreaming of lesson plans and how they can carry that message to our students. How they can learn to convey their thoughts and dreams and hopes. How they can understand that there are many ways to consider and solve a problem. How they can be a part of the world and unique in it at the same time. No small order.
The adventure is only a few days, a few hours away...
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