It was a month ago that I completed my semester of teaching middle school. This was a semester - 90 days - of experiment. An experiment to find out what teaching middle school is like, what middle schoolers themselves are like, what it's like to teach in a high-poverty middle school, what it's like to … Continue reading My Middle School Experiment: What I learned, Part 1
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Teaching Middle School, Week 18: The finale
The much-anticipated Day 90 of my semester-long experiment of teaching a careers class in a local middle school came on Friday. That day was the last one of the semester. I thought I'd feel many emotions: joy, exhilaration, pride - and most of all, relief. But, honestly, I don't feel much of anything. Except tiredness. Perhaps … Continue reading Teaching Middle School, Week 18: The finale
Teaching Middle School, Week 15: My decision
We're down to 15 classroom days before school is out for the summer. Then my time in middle school will be over. I began this middle school teaching journey as an experiment. An experiment with these questions: What are middle school kids like? What are the challenges of a high-poverty school in this decade? How do … Continue reading Teaching Middle School, Week 15: My decision
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