Our job is much more important than teaching kids how to identify theme in a novel. Teachers are agents of change. I leave #ncte17 with hope as I have met many agents of change here in St. Louis. Thanx for all the conversations and for making me a better teacher.
It is 105 degrees in Anaheim today. Standing at my door, greeting students as they enter. One kid, who has spent time in the weight room, approaches in a tank top and says to me: “When the sun comes out, the guns come out.” Flexes. Enters my room.