Up In the Andes

Up in the mountains of the Cusco region is a small town called Andahuaylillas. It is framed by the hills of the Andes, a greenish yellow ground cover reflecting the high altitude rays of the sun. A tiny plaza sits outside a masterpiece of a church, and by day, the plaza is rimmed by a dozen vendors of woolens and jewelry and llama-themed tchatchkes.

Who Is the Teacher?

Unless you're in my line of work, studying teaching and education, you probably don't spend a lot of time wondering, "Who is the teacher?" That may in fact seem like an absurd question to you. I could ask the question differently to try to get at some of what I'm questioning: Who was your favorite teacher?

Love, Justice, & Privilege

If you watched the most recent royal wedding, you would have heard my husband's grade school religion teacher, Reverend Michael Curry, offer up a pretty powerful sermon on love. Not just romantic love, the kind celebrated that day in a very British church with a very un-British homily, but transformative love.

Expanding Our Contexts

We have reached the half-way point in our trip, which is flying by. It's hard to remember that what we are experiencing is a carefully curated set of experiences that help us to "see" the big ideas of our courses.