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Continue reading →: My COVID-19 Diary: Friday un-Focused #5Danielle: “I know you just said something but what I heard was, ‘The kids liked the pork chops too much last week, let me look for a way to make them in some fancy way to make sure that they hate them this time.”
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Continue reading →: My COVID-19 Diary: I want to talk like thatNot the only, but one of the reasons we fixated on the nieces from Texas were their accents. They spoke with a deeply appealing southern drawl that was captivating to our ears. My friends and I were fascinated by their use of the “ah” sound in simple words like “faav”…
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Continue reading →: My COVID-19 Diary: That’s not how we talkIt’s been 30 years since I moved out of Brooklyn but traces of #BrooklynForLife can be detected in my speech to greater or lesser degrees depending upon the circumstances or my temperament at a given time. I swear to God I was working on this post before I saw this…
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Continue reading →: COVID-19 Diary: That’s how I talkI recently asked my wife, born in Queens and raised on Long Island: “If we had moved out of state before the pandemic, would you watch the New York governor’s daily press conferences just to keep your NY accent in practice?” “I definitely would.” “Me too.” “Don, you don’t have…
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Continue reading →: My COVID-19 Diary: What she says – A teen’s view of “remote school”All educators miss the face-to-face contact we have with students every day in the school building. It’s about the learning but it’s also the constant feedback loop between kids and adults that tells us how we’re doing and also, how they’re doing! I was inspired by the brilliant Lisa Meade’s…
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Continue reading →: My COVID-19 Diary: Friday un-Focused #4My first job in the morning is to locate a Jericho sweatshirt or a T-shirt to wear during the morning announcements with Chad. For Danielle, it’s hair and all the other things. I try to tell her she’s just as beautiful in an East Williston T-shirt, no blow-drying unnecessary. But…
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Continue reading →: My COVID-19 Diary: Things NOT doneTen months ago I would’ve told you that by now I would have a physique like a guy doing life in a maximum-security prison. Consider any movie in which Dwayne Johnson escapes from prison (most of them), he comes out ripped! Yet, something about the monotony of quarantine exacts a…
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Continue reading →: My COVID-19 Diary: Advice for parents of adolescents and teensf you’re like me, you are probably wondering, “Am I doing this right?” This question applies to my professional life as well as my personal life. Without the normal face to face daily interaction, I typically enjoy with multitudes of people, I need to check in on myself as an…
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Continue reading →: My COVID-19 Diary: Culture outlasts quarantineSomehow, given the magnitude of our current crisis, getting around to following up on a kid who took fries off another kids’ tray without asking, leading to some minor pushing, seems inconsequential.
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Continue reading →: My COVID 19 Diary: Lose the “principal voice”In leadership roles, we seek to employ the appropriate tone and vocabulary to suit the audience and the occasion. There are situations that call for a great deal of formality, that demand a straightforward harnessing of facts and a recitation of procedures.
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In the middle of learning - by Donald F. Gately 
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