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Okay, I avoided the Which Fantasy/SciFi Character Are You? quiz for a while, but I finally broke down. It was kind of cool to have my personality defined as being most like Jean-Luc Picard. I do like the leadership model of leading by example rather than the top-down model.

It gives me pause to think. I have been giving serious thought to entering administration, but have been starting to have reservations. I really think that I can do more good system-wide in my present role than I could as an administrator in a single school.

The following quote about Picard (from Mario Guatteri’s TNG fan site) really made me go hmmmm…

Picard was offered a promotion to the admiralty in 2364 when Admiral Gregory Quinn was attempting to consolidate his power base to combat an unknown alien intelligence that was trying to take over Starfleet Command. Picard declined the offer, citing his belief that he could better serve the Federation as a starship commander.

I am no Picard, either in terms of personality or accomplishments. However, I would like to think that I share some of the philosophical ideals that I have seen in this character over the past - eep! - almost 20 years.

Twenty years! I wondered why my whiskers were starting to look more… distinguished.

While I am excited about my new position, there are aspects of my old job that I miss. For instance, I miss being able to throw new pieces of information, or new projects, into the mix with the kids. I came across the Round the World Yacht Race site today and thought about some of the possibilities for Computers, Science, French, etc. On the other hand, now I can probably make more interesting things happen because I am able to get other teachers to try new ideas that I couldn’t fit into my own practice. I suppose it is up to me to recognize that maybe the grass is greener on my side of the fence.

I head back to work tomorrow and I needed a bit of a laugh. I found what I needed!