Sides - Part 3

Virtually everyone has seen the picture by now - a small Honduran child, crying while her mother is patted down by a border patrol agent. It has become a symbol in the debate over the separation of children from their parents who have crossed the U.S. borders illegally…

Only its not...

Change, Doubt and Restoration

Thirty years, five different schools, too many rooms and class changes to count, and a few thousand students. Yeah… that is really weird for me to think about. More than 100 students coming through my classes every year for thirty years. I’m a math teacher, but the math still seems wrong. Of course, the thirty years seems a bit mind boggling as well. So many things have changed over the years…

It is hard to believe that it has been thirty years since I walked into my first science classroom in Selma, CA hoping just to survive and not do too much damage to the students unfortunate enough to land in my room. Now I find myself on the other end of the teaching experience spectrum. Middle school students are no longer intimidating, but I still often worry about the quality of my teaching.