Morning Pages: July 24, 2002

I didnt' really talk yesterday about my social action project. What really stood out to me yesterday was how the focus of most people's work is about people, not necessarily content, but real human emotinos, a recognition of the pain and isolation so many of our young student feel (no matter what level).

As for me, I'm not certain where I fit. I'm looking at the social action principles and trying to fit my work into one of them because i really don't want to start something brand new (except I might have to).

One of my jobs is to document the work of the site - perhaps another is to be the social action facilitator - to facilitate this gorup through the five step process - as they work through solving a problem (or at least thinking about solving a problem) in their own teaching practice.

I'm struggling with some tensions then. The tension of being a facilitator of the process, an agent for change, but here I am a member of this group - where CSA suggests working alongside, not becoming grou member or group leader. It's hard for me to find the space I need to be in and to stay within that space...I keep overstepping my boundaries - moving the lines a little - and while I dont' think this really hurts anything - it does change the boundaries and I need to be aware of that.