JAMES RUSH

I've learned that the field of education is both VERY rewarding and, concurrently, almost gut-wrenching and seemingly thankless. It can become quite difficult (quite quickly) to navigate the inner-"realm" as one strives to do the very best that he or she can. 

This is compounded by the reality of where I live and work: Alaska. Up here, just as we have educators that seem to get hired because they "have a pulse," we also have some VERY bad building (and Central Office) administrators. In Alaska, the CTE "world" is almost without limits--IF one can grapple with administrators that know almost… >>>

I've been "doing this" in one way or another--sometimes large and at other times pretty small--for 6 years now. Much of it I felt like was a "refresher"...while other elements were things I learned and seemed quite impressive. 

As much as I hate to say (or think) it, given the terrible political climate in our country today, I'm TRULLY unsure what really "matters" moving between political parties as one exits power and the other enters--and vice versa.