Lots of heavy things going on in our country right now. Many people are fighting and protesting, and I admire their strength and determination. But for me, my reaction is more flight than fight, and I’ve been thinking about wanting to escape to a better place for me and my family. Today’s prompt will be short:

If you could escape somewhere right now, where would you go? What do you imagine your life would be like in the new place?

Today in class a student and I were talking about the different paths that are possible to take during and after high school. I told him a story about a former coworker I had who never graduated from high school due to getting pregnant, but then went on to community college, a four year university, a master’s degree, then into teaching and educational administration. Sometimes the paths we intend to take work out to be something entirely different. There are many different directions we can take, but eventually we can still get to our desired destination. Or maybe we find a new destination that works out even better than our original intention. Or maybe not, but we learn a lot from the experience and grow as a person.

For today’s prompt, write about an unexpected path that you have taken in your life.

Today we took a field trip at my school, and we ended up with an extra student who was discovered when we arrived at the destination. The student claims it was her first day at the school; I haven’t heard yet if the story checked out, but it was definitely suspicious! But it gave me the idea for today’s prompt:

Write about a time when you went somewhere (intentionally or unintentionally) where you were not supposed to be.