I found in my mailbox a postcard from NCTE that had a line of images that looked like the icons of a computer battery charging. I think the aim of the postcard was to ask teachers to recharge through subscribing to NCTE.
I think I'll borrow that image to my year-end "thanks" email to the department.
Two years ago I recall thinking about whether teachers knew how to re-charge. I'm under the impression that the socially-designated ways that we are supposed to recharge (cocktails, Florida beaches, Netflix binging) may or may not actually work. And that we should all investigate what things really do recharge our batteries -- sleeping? new experiences, new places, being in woods, making things, getting stronger, more flexible, checking in with friends, (re)newing.
The images in a line make me remember that re-charging takes time... There are roughly the same number of battery images as weeks off.
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