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Episode 149: Are Your Boundaries Written In Pencil Or Sharpie?
On May 21, 2018, 19 year old Cedella Roman, a French citizen, was visiting her mother in White Rock, British Columbia. Cedella decided to go for a run on the beach and she headed south.
After running for about 30 minutes, Cedella saw two men walking towards her and they motioned for her to stop. To her surprise, they were US Border & Customs Agents. She had accidentally jogged over the border from Canada into the United States. Cedella was detained because she had no ID and, as a French citizen, no passport.
Cedella’s mother brought the necessary documents to Tacoma, Washington. Her mother was very upset that there were no signs on the beach. She said, “If there had been a sign, Cedella would have turned around.”
Sometimes, the same thing happens to us when it comes to our boundaries between school and home. Our boundaries are often not clearly marked and are difficult to see, for us and our teachers and parents. This often leads to checking emails in bed and at the dinner table, staying at school way later than we had planned and spending weeknights and weekends on our laptop.
On today’s episode of The Private School Leader Podcast, I want to ask you the following question: Are Your Boundaries Written In Pencil Or Sharpie?
Thank you for listening to the podcast every week. You are making a difference in the lives of the students, teachers and parents at your school. I know that what you do is difficult, exhausting and lonely. Your hard work inspires me to keep making weekly content to try to encourage and inspire you as you serve your school.
Thanks for all you do,
Mark Minkus
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