You know what I always wanted to do? Teach summer school. Despite the trials, tribulations, triumphs, and trickery of teaching an entire, standard-length school year, there was a sizable chunk of my addled brain that wanted to teach summer school. In fact, a few times I had constructed entire designs for a special summer academy…
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The Best-Laid Plans of Teachers on Vacation
A teacher friend of mine recently saw her summer plans implode like a tinfoil submarine at 20,000 leagues. I ran into her after she’d spent three solid days on the phone in a near panic. The look on her face made me think she had just completed her first triathlon by walking on her hands…