Looking for Miracles

I am a skeptic. I don't believe things happen for a reason. I don't believe in miracles.

Oprah took over Discovery Health, much to my dismay. I liked watching shows about diseases, crazy people, coroners, and parasites. They are still out there, but now, I have to hunt for them. It was much more convenient to have all those shows on one channel.

Anyway, I am not impressed with most of the offerings on OWN, mainly because I find them way to syrupy and uplifting. Gah.

The only show that HAS caught my attention is "Miracle Detectives".

This program features a religious kind of guy who believes in miracles, and a scientific type of skeptic who does not.

I think this woman is a lot like me. She would love to see a miracle so she could believe in them. She would love not to be a skeptic. There have been a few episodes when I have actually thought there was no scientific explanation for what was happening, but she didn't seem convinced.

It seems we are all looking for a miracle to cure our woes in education. We are looking for one magic silver bullet to solve all our problems.  Some think it is technology. Some think it is charter schools. Others think it is merit pay tied to standardized testing. Some think it is Common Core Standards. Most of us have no firm idea what will fix our problems, but we keep looking and hoping.

Since I don't believe in miracles, I am putting my faith in the educators who keep looking. We can't give up the search; we can't stop trying new and different things. We need to look at all the alternatives, tweak them, mix them together, try to find what works.

Let's all try to make a miracle. Then I won't be a skeptic anymore.