So then it was on to Week 2. And here we are supposed to develop a Blog. Well, that's all well and good and seemed like a simple task. But instead I've found it an exercise in frustration. I thought when I started 23 Things that it would be most helpful for people like me, people for whom all of this is new. Now I'm reminded of an experience I had last Chrsitmas. We had a guest for the holidays, a young man 28 years old, who grew up in India. Because both his parents were doctors, they had always had servants. One evening it was time to prepare a meal and he asked if he could help. I responded that we were going to have mashed potatoes so perhaps he could start those and then I gave him the bag of potatoes. A few minutes later he walked over to me, a potato in his hand and a most perplexed expression on his face. He had no idea what to do! None whatsoever! I had made assumptions - about what he would know already and what he would be able to figure out on his own - that were simply wrong!

Vermont's 23 Things: Week One

Earlier this week I finally found time to take this on. And I mean "take it on!" I read the introductory remarks in which we are told that each week we will be given an assignment to complete. But could I find an "assignment" for Week 1? No, I could not! So of course I thought I was doing something wrong, not looking in the right placeor not recognizing an assignment when I saw one. Turns out there actually wasn't an assignment per se the first week. What a way to begin!