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To All Teachers- The Sequel: Ideas for a Winning Season!
(This is the second installment of a pep talk to teachers about how much they matter!)
In my last post, I made the analogy that ‘The Letter’ that arrives from the administration that school is about to begin and meetings are the order of the day was like the giant BALL that chases Indiana Jones. I remarked that he eluded it.
That’s when I remembered that as he jumps out of its way, he is greeted by a mob of local spear pointing natives, and , man, are they restless! So he dashes into the forest as they chase him down, spears zipping past him. Then he realizes that the river holding his sea plane is just a leap off a cliff away. Apparently, the natives are not fond of water. Indy swims to the plane and seems safe…at last. Whew…until SNAKES !
I realized that after teachers face the “Opening Day” and everyone is on their best behavior, soon their ‘natives’ will get restless…no spears, yet! So here are a few things to mull over.
1. “You must care about whom you teach.
2.You must care about what you teach.
