There are just about (including today) ten school days left. Someone once said "Don't count the days. Make the days count." Clearly the writer wasn't a teacher. Seriously, though, I'm excited about introducing some more rigorous material for my students over the next couple of weeks - veering a bit from the expecation to stick to 6th grade material. I've often found that, as Jaime Escalante believed, if you raise the level of expectation for kids, they will meet (and often exceed) those expectations. I don't believe that we, as a society, consistently hold the bar high enough for our children to do really extraordinary things. That's where this guy gets it right. One more battle to fight and ten days in which to fight. Keep on keeping on, my friends.
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