Tis the Season

Today marks the first day of Winter Break, woohoo! To all of you non-teachers... suck it! As a teacher, I can safely say that I look forward to snow days, holidays, and vacations more than I ever did as a student. Though, for all of you going through your internship/residencies... you definitely have my sympathy. After comparing horror stories, I am now firmly convinced that I wouldn't be able to hack it as a doctor. Though, in our own ways, we really are saving lives every single day.

At one point, I remember wanting to be a back-up dancer for hip hop music videos. I also remember seriously considering moving out to the Pacific Northwest and becoming a forest firefighter. I could've been "Mr. Chengsaw" doing that too, I think. If there's something I've realized in my old age, it's that we never stop growing, and we never stop learning. I'd like to believe that I've got some things figured out, but man, Socrates really was spot-on about that whole "really, I dunno shit" thing. Maybe "growing" really is just a process of internalizing our prior experiences and learning from them. I'd also love to grow in the more literal sense as well. I've been this height since the 7th grade. At one point in my life, I was considered relatively tall. But hell, like I tell my kids when they bluntly observe "Mr. Cheng, you're short"--luckily, respect isn't measured in feet and inches.



I'll see some of you very soon! Can't wait!


xoxo