Let’s Face the Music and Dance

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“There may be trouble ahead
But while there’s moonlight and music
And love and romance
Let’s face the music and dance
Before the fiddlers have fled
Before they ask us to pay the bill
And while we still
Have the chance
Let’s face the music and dance…”
Full Lyrics by Irving Berlin

Woke up this morning (Sunday) at 5:30 am – way early. (something about being 40, my husband says!)

This old Fred Astaire movie was on and as I pondered the struggles and ups and downs of life. As I thought about school starting in three weeks, this song just truly resonated with me. Above is a youtube video with Nat King Cole singing.

We are where we are. All we can do is what we can do. Freak out. Stress out. It does no good.

Sometimes, you’ve just gotta face the music and dance. Enjoy your summer, my friends in North America.

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Vicki Davis

Vicki Davis has been an educator and IT director in Georgia since 2002. Today, she also works as an instructional technology coach, staying side-by-side with active teachers and students so her work stays grounded in real classrooms.

She's a mom of three, wife of one, and loves talking about the wise, transformational use of technology for teaching and doing good in the world.

She has blogged at the Cool Cat Teacher Blog since 2005 and hosts the 10 Minute Teacher Podcast and Cool Cat Teacher Talk (radio, public access TV, YouTube, and all major podcast platforms), interviewing remarkable educators around the world. Vicki focuses on what unites us — a quest for truly remarkable, life-changing teaching and learning. The goal of her work is to provide actionable, encouraging, relevant ideas for teachers, grounded in truth and shared with love.

If you talk to Vicki for long, she'll encourage you to "Relate to Educate," to "innovate like a turtle," or to be "a remarkable teacher." She loves homemade sourdough bread and cinnamon rolls and runs half marathons with her sisters. You can usually find her laughing with her students or digging into a book.

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3 comments

Marthamath July 19, 2010 - 1:08 am

My summer is a little longer than yours, but vanishing quickly. I have yet another new teaching assignment next year, so I am very busy preparing the class outline and getting things ready to teach science at the middle school level. I am expecting to have them toss in math before the summer is over! May you have a blessed three weeks and a wonderful beginning to the new school year!
Marthamath

Yohan06 July 19, 2010 - 6:32 am

cool video :)

Ric Murry July 19, 2010 - 1:32 pm

Hi Vicki. Always enjoy your outlier posts. Watched the video, and I love to dance (for real). I dance with my students. They hate to love it when I do. :)

But, I couldn’t resist – sorry – Couldn’t we better face the MUSIC and DANCE if these programs would not have been cut?

Just kidding with you. Hope you have a great three weeks of pre-pre-planning. Go get ’em this year!

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