Well, Michael called me another question that led to still another question. He asked, “Shouldn’t the teacher be the boss in the classroom?” I answered, “She or he should be a leader.” “What’s the difference?” he replied. “All the world,” I said. I explained that many academics talk about classroom leadership and practice classroom a [...]
Michael had to write a short first year English paper on a career he had chosen. He wanted to become a teacher. He asked me if I would be interviewed. I agreed to be cornered on a bench. “How would you briefly describe a good teacher,” he asked. “Briefly?” I thought to [...]
It was Friday afternoon. It was the end of my first week in nearly four months since I had been on campus and in the classroom. I was in the office. I was getting ready to head over to the General Faculty meeting. My cell phone rang. It was Sally. She is a first year [...]
Yesterday was the first day of class and the first day I’ve been in class since that fateful day of my cerebral hemorrahage way back on September 14th. At the end of the first class, a student came up to me after class. “I want to be a teacher,” he said. “But, I came [...]
