I’m an Instructional Coach in elementary school. Part of my job is helping teachers improve their professional practice. I worked with a teacher who wanted help with classroom management. I taught several lessons last semester to show her some strategies. I would tell students to have a sense of urgency during transitions from one activity to the next or when moving from place to place. I would say, “SOU”. The teacher really liked it and used it. Notice what she hung in the classroom at the top. I used this phrase before watching The Bear, but it had a special resonance with me after.
I walked 1.5 miles home last night, from Carroll Street Cafe to Old Fourth Ward, and didn't pass a single other pedestrian.
Which was a bit sad, so I appreciated every happy thing I saw on the way: MARTA trains passing overhead on the elevated tracks; colorful paintings on the walls of Boulevard; a glimpse of an apartment window where people were having dinner inside...
But the best part was walking north on Boulevard and seeing the warm lights of Church on Edgewood up ahead. I had to stop and take a photo. It was a happy scene.