NEW YEAR STARTING: WHO DO YOU WANT TO BE IN THE CLASSROOM?
Before I get started today, I want to send out a big Thank You to all the readers of this blog. Several days ago, we went over 90,000 total pageviews. When I first started writing these essays, I would have bet a gazillion dollars that I�d never get 5,000 pageviews. And, I would not have gotten to even that lower mark without folks like you passing along good words about this site. Thanks � I would have probably stopped writing years ago except that the traffic remains strong and actually seems to grow over time. You provide the energy. I continue to be convinced that people really do like to think and talk about teaching because it is both extremely important to our lives and our future and a whole lot of fun. ** A new school year is starting. For me, it will be my 43 rd year in the classroom. I have written before that I believe every teacher should consider the �teaching perso...