Bester
sat and scribbled away at the back of the room, while I tried to keep in mind
simultaneously 39 kids, lesson-plan, room passes, boardwork, Frost,
troublemakers, scraps of paper on the floor, correcting their English, and
enlarging the scope of the lesson to include moral and ethical concepts.
I
didn’t have time to cover half of the things in my Plan Book, and I forgot
Summary and Windows, but I did ask “pivotal questions,” linking the poem to
their own experiences. Bester says I’m a
born teacher! Congratulate me!
(from Up The Down
Staircase by Bel Kaufman)
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