Stop stating the obvious... Learning from History

I think back over past events all the time. Sometimes it's a good thing. Other times not so much. A lot of laughter, a lot of tears and so many cringe worthy mistakes where I wish I did things differently. But the older I get the more I value those memories. Some memories of happy times spent with loved ones. Others, mistakes badly made and lessons learned. Even on a professional level the same is true. (" Thinking cap " by Identity Photogr@phy is marked with CC BY 2.0 .) But perhaps the most frustratingly human part of that process is realising those mistakes and, despite my best efforts, I end up repeating them anyway. I've been reading a lot from two books recently. One is called Leaving College: Rethinking the Causes and Cures of Student Attrition by Vincent Tinto (1993). The other is a book called Creating Trauma-Informed, Strengths-Based Classrooms: Teacher Strategies for Nurturing...