What's Your One Sentence?

by Education Blog

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Posted on January 22, 2018

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I read an article this week titled “What is your One Sentence?” by Naphtali Hoff.  It immediately caught my attention, because if you are like me, I have certain words or phrases that I use constantly, and I figured this would give me a few tips to break this bad habit.  The article however discussed how each one of us has “one sentence” that helps describe who we are, or what our greatest motivation is in life.  The article discusses a conversation described in the book “Drive” between Congresswoman Claire Booth Luce and President John F. Kennedy.  Congresswoman Luce “offered some advice to President John F. Kennedy.  ‘A great man,’ she told him, ‘is one sentence.’”  The article provides four principles that a person can do to help live a purposeful life.  Establish and clarify your core values, begin with the end in mind, expand your vision and act, and reflect.  These four principles are great, and have helped me as I begin to think “What is my one sentence?”  

When I look at this article from a broader sense, I wonder if we posed this question about education, what would it be.  I recently attended a meeting where state representatives and senators talked about increasing state revenue, increasing teacher pay, college and career readiness, four day school weeks and the politics involved all of these areas.  What will Oklahoma’s one sentence be when it comes to education?  As our legislators meet in the coming weeks, let's hope the sentence they leave behind includes words that will impact education in a postive manner. 

 

Sincerely,

Tim Argo

 

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