It's been hot and humid this week in these parts, and my school, like so many others, is not air conditioned. Most of us have abandoned our fall clothes in favor of our old linen shifts and long, loose skirts. Most of us have splurged on an extra large iced tea or perhaps a diet coke to cool from the inside when we cannot control the outside.
It was certainly "hot" in the hallway as I walked one of my "customers" back to class and a colleague commented, "It is so hot in hear, we could fry an egg in this hallway."
I suspect I nodded, understanding the reference and agreeing it was hot; however, after we were down the hallway a bit, my reflective young reader offered her own perspective on the heat - or perhaps the lack of it.
"It's not really hot," she noted, "until your hair is sweating."
I smiled as her comment did not require a response. She was right, indeed. Really hot is when you have been really working out at the gym, or running around the yard, or running a marathon! You are working so hard, your hair becomes drippy from sweat. Clearly, we were uncomfortable today, but we were not working THAT hard!
Perspective: an important part of reflection.
It was certainly "hot" in the hallway as I walked one of my "customers" back to class and a colleague commented, "It is so hot in hear, we could fry an egg in this hallway."
I suspect I nodded, understanding the reference and agreeing it was hot; however, after we were down the hallway a bit, my reflective young reader offered her own perspective on the heat - or perhaps the lack of it.
"It's not really hot," she noted, "until your hair is sweating."
I smiled as her comment did not require a response. She was right, indeed. Really hot is when you have been really working out at the gym, or running around the yard, or running a marathon! You are working so hard, your hair becomes drippy from sweat. Clearly, we were uncomfortable today, but we were not working THAT hard!
Perspective: an important part of reflection.
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