Statement of Teaching Philosophy
By Keith Leonard
My students want certainty. They want it
so badly. They respect science and have memorized
complex formulas. I don't know
how to tell my students their parents
are still just as scared. The bullies get bigger
and vaguer and you cannot punch a cloud.
I have eulogies for all my loved ones prepared,
but cannot include this fact in my lesson plans.
The best teacher I ever had told me to meet him
at the basketball court. We played pick-up for hours.
By the end, I lay panting on the hardwood
and couldn't so much as stand.
He told me to describe the pain in my chest,
I tried. I couldn't find the words. Not exactly.
Listen, he said, that's where language ends.
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Today is spent in the final stages of preparation before we host our first party gathering since 2019. Normally we do it twice a year and I am so excited to see a house full of friends again.
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Heading off to bed. This evening has been spent in the air conditioned room to combat the hellfire heat outside. I've spent tonight listening to Cory Doctorow's Attack Surface audiobook as I update and manage my RSS feed reader, adding a number of tech blogs.
I also discovered a lovely new terminal app for my Linux, called Tilda. Its biggest feature is that it stays open and I can use a keyboard shortcut to make it visible for using over the top of other windows, and once I'm done I can click off it and it disappears again.
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Ten years ago I visited Seattle for the first time
It was March 1st, 2011 that my wife and I first visited Seattle after flying across the country. Little did we know that we'd be living here just over 9 months later.
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