It is early in the school year, and I have been thinking about what exactly I am trying to accomplish during these first few weeks. Honestly, we aren’t learning all that much ASL yet. We are learning some, obviously. Names. Classroom language. Fingerspelling. The beginnings of communication. But there is something else happening before theyContinue reading “The Practice of Coming Back”
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What Does It Actually Mean to Care About a Student? (…and why do I care, anyway?)
I care about my students. That’s an easy thing for a teacher to say…and I hear teachers say it all the time. In fact, I say it all the time. But what does that actually mean? What does it mean to care about someone else’s child …or 30 of them? I don’t think caring aboutContinue reading “What Does It Actually Mean to Care About a Student? (…and why do I care, anyway?)”
