At teacher school they told me about using music in the classroom. This is a good technique. A best practice, if you will. They meant that music could really clue students in, give them a feeling, as well as an intellectual understanding. Vary the media. Really shake things up.
Of course, they…
So, true confessions: I am an English teacher.
This means I like to talk about feelings. It means I am religious about thesis statements. It means that when I am dead, I will come back as a ghost and haunt people who use apostrophes improperly.
It also means that I often know more about my…
The best teachers of fearlessness and having a raw unfiltered joy for life are kids. Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.”
~Pablo Picasso
