102. Small Flames of Learning That Become Bonfires, with Paul Balazs

Today my guest is Paul Balazs (https://www.civilbeat.org/2022/10/its-not-just-about-the-plants-a-hawaii-educator-unearths-life-lessons-in-a-high-school-garden/), the Theory of Knowledge teacher, Student Activities Coordinator, Wipeout Crew (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mbphbyZsUc) founder and advisor, and Milken Award Teacher of Promise - among many other things - at Henry J. Kaiser (https://www.kaiserhighschoolhawaii.org) high school in East Honolulu. Listeners, as always, I spent two weeks preparing for today’s conversation. In the end I must have had 30 questions I wanted to ask Paul, but in a painful process, and in the interests of time, I had to narrow them down to just 9 or 10. Ouch!So here is what I will not be asking Paul Balazs in this interview, though some of these topics might come up anyway in his responses to my chosen questions. I was not able to ask him why the following awards have great meaning to him: the Donald and Astrid Monson Award, the League of Women Voters award and the Aloha Award, which recognizes individuals in the global surfing community who are ambassadors of the Aloha Spirit. Frankly, to hear the complete list of things we did not have time to cover, listen to my intro to the episode! My editor and sound engineer is the talented Evan Kurohara. Our theme music comes from the vast catalogue of music by master pianist, Michael Sloan (https://open.spotify.com/artist/13fQfOrSW6Xv9zQXKEgboj). Please support this show by giving us a rating and writing a review wherever you get your podcasts.