You say our kids are failing, not learning enough. I say come into my room and see these kids. Come into my room and tell them to their face that are failing, that they are not doing enough to learn. To maintain, to comprehend, to test better. Those kids you talk about happen to be my kids as well. Those kids you mention in your articles, in your rhetoric, in your posts that tell us teachers that we are not doing enough, those kids are in my room. And those kids.... they work and they work hard.
They get so excited sometimes that they yell out. They get so loud in their planning that I just let them work because I don't want to intrude. They break their pencils because they just want to scribble so fast when inspiration strikes. They come to me and wonder what else can we do? What other things may we try? Is this idea any good? And I say yes, try it, do it, think it, dream it. You may not think that our kids are doing enough in school. You may not think that our kids are learning enough. I say, come into my room and we will prove you wrong.
They get so excited sometimes that they yell out. They get so loud in their planning that I just let them work because I don't want to intrude. They break their pencils because they just want to scribble so fast when inspiration strikes. They come to me and wonder what else can we do? What other things may we try? Is this idea any good? And I say yes, try it, do it, think it, dream it. You may not think that our kids are doing enough in school. You may not think that our kids are learning enough. I say, come into my room and we will prove you wrong.
