The Unlikely Scrum

If you want to know what sports is all about(or should be), check out the Hyde School Rugby Club.

FOX sports -

http://multimedia.foxsports.com/m/video/21892456/hyde_rugby_a_new_world.htm


NY Time piece (article and video)

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/15/sports/othersports/15rugby.html?_r=3&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&adxnnlx=1226763258-kwuNRQolk0Q0wLYwulehkQ

WASHINGTON — The rugby practice field at Hyde Leadership Public Charter School bears little resemblance to the manicured lawns of the English boarding school where the sport was born. It is more brown than green, and sirens sometimes drown out the shouts of players. Then there are the occasional interruptions, like when play was briefly halted during a recent practice as a man darted about wildly on a nearby street, calling football plays and evading imaginary tacklers.

But this patch of mud and grass is more than the home of what is believed to be the nation’s first all-African-American high school rugby team. It is also where a growing number of students have been exposed to a sport they once knew nothing about and to parts of society that once seemed closed to them....

Creating Moments

Now I see the secret of the making of the best person. It is to grow in the open air, and to eat and sleep with the earth.
-Walt Whitman





There is a great little workbook called CONNECTING WITH NATURE - Creating Moments That Let the Earth Teach - by Michael J. Cohen. I picked up a copy off of Amazon.com after reading about it in Coyote's Guide to Mentoring. It's an excellent scientific approach to reconnecting with nature. The exercises are quick, simple, and fun. If nothing else, the listing of 53 senses was worth the price (I got mine for $8 a few months back.) If you've been taught, like I was, that there are only 5 senses, then pages 8-9 can really open up a new field of experience for you.


"The original sin is to limit the desire to be. Don't"
-Unknown

The Cahills are the most powerful family the world has ever known. 39 Clues hidden around the world guard the family's power, and it's up to YOU to find them. It's Cahill versus Cahill in a worldwide race to find the Clues . . . and beat the competition.

To find the 39 Clues:

Read the Books – Each 39 Clues book unlocks one Clue.

Collect the Cards – Game cards help reveal Clues.

Play the Game – Find Clues through online missions.

Win the Prizes – Play and you could be eligible to win prizes!

I'll admit, I'm a huge fan of children's books, ever since I was a child. I love the use of history, mystery, and the internet. Join in! Perhaps we can form an alliance?

Just remember, Trust No One....