I have been writing about some of the adventuresome things I've done in my life. I've had comments like "You lived and interesting life." In my last post I'm crawling, walking up Windy Point Ridge . At least that's what we called it.
Young men usually have a short period in their life when they think they are invincible and do some crazy things. I had that invincible period in my life but it lasted longer than most. Once I passed through the invincible stage of my life I still had some fun like backpacking and crawling around the Rocky Mountains.
However, I was involved in may other activities even though they were much calmer.
I was very active in many aspects of teaching. I went to every professional development activity I could. So I attended many conferences and workshops. I was also on the executive of the English Language Arts conference. This meant some travelling during the year. I was involved with Alberta Teachers Association.
Now all these activities may have been very interesting to me but I can't make interesting blog posts from them.
In my 40's life could have been become much more adventurous as one on the ATA presidents did not like flying into the north. I was asked to consider taking her place for the northern activities she would be involved in. I turned it down. It meant being away from home and an extra workload preparing for substitute teachers. I've often regretted not taking that position.
So as hard as I may try, I don't think I could make a conference interesting.
The biggest conference I attended was the conference in Washington D.C. in 1992. It was in the hotel where Reagan was shot. The venue was huge so this little prairie boy's eyes were wide open. I was also given a couple of extra days to be a tourist. When I got home I had to give a report to all my colleagues and share all the goodies I had picked up.
So that's all you're going to get on my professional development activities.
