Explore Sean’s Essays:
Forgetting What You Didn’t Know
It's amazing how I've forgotten my learning. I don't know what I didn't know, which makes teaching much harder - be it English or otherwise. I've encountered this phenomenon when training others at work. I expect it will be much harder teaching English overseas, because I...
Fulbright Pre-Departure Orientation
The week long orientation for Fulbright ETAs to Sub-Saharan Africa and South and Central Asia provided me with an overview of what the next year of my life will look like. For those of you unfamiliar with the program you can reference the transcript of Secretary Clinton's...
Qualified to Teach?
For the past week I've been going through orientation for the Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship program. This orientation has brought together 64 recent college graduates who will be traveling to Sub-Saharan Africa and South and Central Asia (Kenya, Rwanda, South Africa,...
Productive Uses
As a Breaker I had the privilege of hearing five visionaries speak about Civil Engagement and society last week at TED's offices in NYC. It was an amazing night, and has laid the foundation for what I expect will be an amazing project. One of the visionaries, Clay Shirky, told...
Seth Godin
Seth Godin is an artist, linchpin, and tribe leader. He embraces the minority, and believes that by connecting those on the fringe you can leverage the web to make an impact. Godin has written 11 books, Godin is an advocate of publishing often, shipping a product and getting it...
A Bagel Shoppe is Born in Monroe
My father is one of my greatest sources of inspiration, so it's only fitting that my first post on my new blog be about him. At the age of 13 my Dad posed as his brother to work as a dishwasher at a local restaurant/bar. He worked his way up to eventually own that restaurant....