Introduction

As I prepared for this school year, I thought about what teaching means to me. I wondered how I could share some of my thoughts with parents or colleagues. I'm going to try this area, Sensations. (I'll explain why I chose that name later.) I plan to add something here a couple times per month or so. I'm just starting this on the long weekend of Hurricane Frances. If my electricity holds out I expect to get a couple entries in. We'll see….

So, why Sensations? The short version of the story is that I used the thesaurus on Merriam-Webster Online (www.m-w.com) looking for words that seemed to capture the essence of what I want to do here. When I looked at the definitions for sensation, I really liked the range of meanings. Briefly, they are:
1. a mental process [or] awareness due to stimulation
2. something that causes or is the object of sensation
3. a state of excited interest or feeling

I don't know that I can live up to it, but those definitions capture my goal. These ramblings should be something that make us think and feel.