It’s hard to Pivot

When I started school back in the 1900s (yes, the actual nineteen-hundreds), it looked a lot like it does now:
Go to class → sit down → listen to the teacher → take notes → daydream about lunch → repeat.

Fast forward to college—same deal. The only difference? I got to choose the wildly inconvenient hours of my “sit and get” sessions.

Then I became a teacher… and guess what? Still the same—just viewed from the front of the classroom instead of the back.

This classic school model is the only one I’ve ever known (and probably you, too). I’ve lived it, breathed it, probably have a few matching T-shirts. So, when I started to pivot—gasp—and try something different, it felt weird. Like, "wearing-jeans-to-a-wedding" weird.

Trying things that go against the grain of what we’ve always done is uncomfortable. What if I mess up? (Spoiler: I will.) What if it doesn’t work? (It might not.) But then I look around and ask:
Is what we’re doing right now actually working?

And the truth is, if we always do what we’ve always done… well, you know the rest.

Thanks for being here.
Thanks for thinking differently.
And hey—keep being AWESOME.