WISNER! in the news

[Rob Lee]

Watching the Sunday morning news May 18 about a Culver City HS art teacher. He was BPL’s own Craig WISNER! If you read his posts you may think of him as a sort of a Renaissance man. The piece wasn’t about his hiking or biking, spearfishing or pottery, nor his writing or surfing. It was about him engaging his students in playing chess.  Here’s a toast to Craig WISNER! with the custom mug he & his students made for a bunch of BPL members who met at the Grand Canyon in 2012 for a R2R2R attempt. Dramatic weather and a variety of success (I made R2River2R). Thank you Craig for the cherished gift & for continuing to inspire your students.

[Jerry Adams]

the today show video of Wisner:

https://www.today.com/video/why-chess-is-soaring-in-popularity-again-174782021791

[Paul Wagner]

Great!  All praise to teachers!

[Bruce Tolley]

Way to go WISNER!

[John S.]

Congrats to Craig Wisner.

[W I S N E R !]

Ha, thanks for the shout-out Rob!

It’s great to know some of those R2R2R cups are still going strong! That was a great trip with a top-notch group of people.

 

[jscott]

I can’t imagine a better representative for engaged teaching than Craig. The thing is, he brings it all when he’s with students. How do I know? through a decade of reading his posts on Chaff. He’s fully there for kids who may not have that in their lives. Meanwhile he has his own family. That’s a lot!

And he likes to hike solo. Yes. Great replenishment, great calming, great centering.

[Tom K]

About time you got some recognition for what you’ve done for so many kids, Craig.  I was privileged to be the fly on the wall bearing silent witness to one heart warming example.  Appropriately enough, far back in our beloved Sierra.  I could go on, but I’ll leave it with the observation that if we had a couple thousand more like you, this country’s education system would be in far better shape.

[David Thomas]

As the owner of the most northern 2012 RtoRtoR mug, I can attest to Craig being a scholar and a gentleman. 
Consider the aforementioned mug.  It has lovely proportions, is artistically pleasing, and also highly functional – being an ideal size and shape for a generous cup of tea/coffee, Cheerios in the morning, soup midday, or an ice cream sundae after dinner.

[W I S N E R !]

Thanks for the kind words folks.

Those mugs are pretty old! Fun to see them spread around out there. I know another is rambling around in a 4×4 on pre-dawn drives to the trailhead in Montana…I use mine in the ceramics studio here in LA.

Those were good days here on BPL and getting out in the world together.

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