Leveraging Learning

 I have an unhealthy relationship with attendance. I come to school almost every day because I love school and I hate being absent. It took me a long time to understand that people cannot be preset every day. Some of this understanding came from personal experiences. You can't be present when your offspring are home sick, when you have COVID, when your 18 year old kitty has a stroke, when your partner is having surgery, or when you're at your brother's funeral. Life does get in the way of school and maybe that's a good thing. I have a mindfulness app that encourages me to "be present." The app seems to imply that if I breathe and notice, I am "present." While this may or may or be true, I interpret "present" as an active thing. Yes, I need to breathe and notice, but I also need to do stuff. Being present is more than just being in the moment. It's knowing the plan for the day and the people who are needed to make the plan work. It's