- Most students do want to learn (or at least do well) but you have to make it worth their time
- Not doing homework is a virus that can quickly spread through a class if one isn't careful
- I can only control what happens in my classroom so I better make good use of those 50 minutes
- ALWAYS take your lunch
- Bring as little work home as possible, your wife (and you) need non school time
- Only teachers really enjoy teacher stories
- You have to teach them not only the material but how to learn the material
- Get to know the other teachers as people outside the classroom
- A little food or candy can do wonders for the attitude of the class.
- Apparently I can actually get students to learn something
- I really am going to miss my students, I really enjoyed having them and I hope they believe me when I told them that.
I very much enjoyed my first year and am willing to go back but I am certainly glad to have this summer to relax first.
