Chris Ellsasser Life in Under 300 Words: Recent Episodes
Chris Ellsasser
Each Friday Chris Ellsasser, husband/father/teacher/writer, shares a personal refection in 300 words or less about a moment in time from the week.
Happy Friday everyone. I am Chris Ellsasser. Welcome to my weekly essay series: An Examined Life. Today’s piece examines a morning swim and the importance of looking beyond what we can see.
Happy Friday everyone. I am Chris Ellsasser. Welcome to my weekly essay series: An Examined Life. Today’s piece examines walking barefoot and the value of empty space.
Happy Friday. I am Chris ellsasser and this is my weekly essay series: The Examined Life. This week's essay examines a cleaned window and the importance of hope.
Peace
This episode explores the Taoist call for understanding the nature of things and people, and considers the importance of grounding a school community with Wellness, Engagement, and Inclusion.
This episode explores the power of a library card and suggests a strategy for finding the summer reads written for you.
This episode captures the breathing routine of whales and considers the ways intentional breathing might enhance our living.
This episode considers the changing of the seasons and the ways student leadership in school follows the same cycle.
This episode recognizes the service of our military and considers the way walls can strengthen relationships.
This episode reflects on the building of sandcastles and the role impermanence plays in the learning cycle.
This episode explores unconditional caring as an essential aspect of a quality education.
This episode describes the tradition of beach fires and considers school as a place where we come together for talk ignited by inquiry.
This episode describes how fog is made, and considers the role dissonant voices play in creating understanding.
This episode reflects on the impact of reading fiction and the life-long process of building a personal library of stories.
This episode addresses the importance of not letting our guard down during the final quarter of the school year, and encourages everyone to continuing using the tools we have developed to keep ourselves safe during the pandemic.
This episode explores the role education plays in helping us nurture inclusive communities.
This episode explores the paradox of change, examines the value of thinking the world together, and calls for engaging students in complex problems.
This episode celebrates our ninth graders and their invitation to all of us to shine bright.
This episode celebrates the power of student voice and names education as the light that is left on for all of us.
This episode explores our capacity to stay strong and summon the strength to come back in the face of adversity.
This episode explores intentional learning and considers the importance of understanding how a course is designed before diving in.
This episode examines "sitting in class" as a skill that must be practiced in order to break our habit of looking elsewhere.
This episode considers the need to free your mind from the past and the future in order to learn in the present.