The end of the Farmer’s Almanac marks more than the close of a quirky American tradition—it symbolizes our timeless need to find patterns in the unpredictable. From zodiac signs to personality tests, we keep searching for order in life’s chaos.
ASMSA Executive Director Corey Alderdice explores how the human desire to forecast meaning connects everything from the Farmer’s Almanac to modern leadership frameworks. Drawing from his own rural upbringing, he reflects on why we lean on systems—both mystical and managerial—to make sense of uncertainty, and what that means for educators and school leaders striving to balance data with intuition, planning with presence, and science with art.
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