Introduction

As most of you know that are reading this, my name is Ms. Talbott and work at Colleyville Middle School! Tomorrow is September 11 and that got me thinking, "Where was I on September 11, 2001?" I know exactly where I was, I remember more details that I can believe considering that it was 16 years ago.

      According to my strengths, one of my top 5 is context.  Context is : you look back. You look back because that is where the answers lie. You look back to understand the present. From your vantage point the present is unstable, a confusing clamor of competing voices. It is only by casting your mind back to an earlier time, a time when the plans were being drawn up, that the present regains its stability. The earlier time was a simpler time. It was a time of blueprints. As you look back, you begin to see these blueprints emerge. You realize what the initial intentions were. These blueprints or intentions have since become so embellished that they are almost unrecognizable, but now this Context theme reveals them again. This understanding brings you confidence. No longer disoriented, you make better decisions because you sense the underlying structure. So while I am asking myself where I was I am also asking myself how can the mistakes of the past help us learn and shape the future for the better.