“The Bob Show-LIVE from the “Metaphor Cafe”

Special musical guest Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band (in my ‘boom box’)

This is part 1 of “The Bob Show” that I ‘performed’ for Teach for America candidates at National University.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ORyis4Egd4&feature=youtu.be

They were a wonderful group. I cover some of the basics of teaching in the first 20 minutes with my theme: “Teaching and Inspiring are NOT Mutually Exclusive!” I open the show with Bruce Springsteen’s song “We Take Care of Our Own” and ,eventually, on to how to speak TO students not AT them. It is funny, I hope, and also inspiring.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4p1_HHPzRJc&feature=youtu.be

Here I cover the real ‘four standards,’ and I speak about the power of thinking. This is fundamental. But first, kids must know reading never, ever going out of style (it is not ‘trending’); then speaking and listening is under emphasized (students and teachers both need this skill). The ability to write also is so critical to all students, but teachers must put in the time to read their students’ work carefully (even if it is a science lab report or a math problem that shows their work!).