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If you don't try, you can't succeed at school improvement

By Joan Richardson
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June 2008
Istumbled into a lesson about taking risks and facing fears when I was hiking in Arizona last spring. Actually, I wasn’t even hiking at the time. I was only preparing to hike. I was savoring the view of Oak Creek Canyon near Sedona, Ariz., when my left foot connected with a 30- pound boulder that had slid onto the sidewalk. I went launching forward, landing awkwardly on my hands and my left knee — and a couple of other rocks also lying in my path. My husband immediately reached to help me up, but I lay there for several more moments trying to get my bearings. What happened? Was I hurt or just stunned? What hurt? When I finally allowed him to help me to

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Joan Richardson ([email protected]) is an independent consultant and writer.


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