tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15932919.post6708771894678860112..comments2024-03-26T07:07:14.304-07:00Comments on Teacher Tom: "Just Dead"Teacher Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14606781724784785338noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15932919.post-9483024924270976182013-06-16T11:23:23.433-07:002013-06-16T11:23:23.433-07:00Thanks for posting this! It really helped me with...Thanks for posting this! It really helped me with some teaching philosophy questions over the past 2 weeks. I shared your post in my new blog about my first year of teaching - I'm so glad to have your site as a resource! http://www.eureka-preschool.com/1/post/2013/06/never-say-die-an-honest-look-at-emergent-curriculum.htmlAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05942264340257425682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15932919.post-5345799664532002832010-09-17T09:58:05.500-07:002010-09-17T09:58:05.500-07:00Death hurts so tremendously. I don't deal well...Death hurts so tremendously. I don't deal well with loss. I am sorry about your dog Tom.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07874897254332872367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15932919.post-31274986720095413202010-09-16T21:26:40.321-07:002010-09-16T21:26:40.321-07:00I really like this post...but how do you know for ...I really like this post...but how do you know for certain that you "lied" about heaven? <br />What you describe--the peace and joy, and the imagery of those waiting for us--whether in physical or pure energy form--seems like some version of heaven to me. Is it that you used the name "heaven" that made it a lie--because others have a specific, somewhat agreed upon definition of heaven? Hmmm...this post really has been thinking about my own definition of heaven.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15932919.post-7065467667613848382010-09-16T18:28:15.123-07:002010-09-16T18:28:15.123-07:00How beautiful. Thank you for writing this -- it&#...How beautiful. Thank you for writing this -- it's just wonderfully written, and so compassionate. I will remember this post and come back to it if the subject of death comes up in my classroom this year.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15932919.post-3582130363505634432010-09-16T12:25:37.854-07:002010-09-16T12:25:37.854-07:00Beautiful post. Timely for me as I encounter &quo...Beautiful post. Timely for me as I encounter "dead" play in our house of two boys - aged 4 and 2. I, like some of the parents in your school, wonder where this type of play has come from and yet know, instinctively, it is our son's way of figuring things out... Thank you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15932919.post-36253233972842116202010-09-16T07:43:55.428-07:002010-09-16T07:43:55.428-07:00Thank you for this post... that's all I can wr...Thank you for this post... that's all I can write for lack of my words to describe how I am feeling now.Sayahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07696043555939052042noreply@blogger.com