Dec 12 2008
An invitation to speak – Jim Tillotson, teacher and Himalaya mountain climber
A few weeks ago I read a very intersting article in our local newspaper, the Jamestown Post- Journal written by alternative education teacher, Jim Tillotson. Jim teaches at Southwestern Central School. The article highlighted Jim’s ascent into the Himalaya mountains. His preparation for the climb, his travel to Nepal etc. I thought what a wonderful topic to share with our students. This afternoon Jim made the “trek” to our school complete with slides, mountain gear that he uses and anecdotes from his own life that he peppered the students with. Our student audience was grades 7-12. Jim spoke of setting goals, personal challenges, adversity, being healthy and staying fit. He celebrated family and long life. He spoke of his up coming retirement and how he has parlayed a personal interest he has in mountain climbing into a post retirement career helping to guide others up the Himalayas.
I was inspired by Jim and I hope all our teachers and students in Alt. and Special Ed. were too!
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