"It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge." 

 ~  Albert Einstein

Math and Literacy Quote

"Words and numbers are of equal value,
for, in the cloak of knowledge,
one is warp and the other woof.
It is no more important to count the sands
Then it is to name the stars."

The Phantom Toolbooth by Norton Juster

Quote

"If we are to reach real peace in this world, we shall have to begin with the children."

~Gandhi

Literature Poem

Their tales are full of sorcerers and ogres
Because their lives are: the capricious infinite
That, like parents, no one has yet escaped
Except by luck or magic . . .
[W]olves, mice, bears, children, gods, and men
In slow perambulation up and down the shelves
Of the universe are seeking . . . who knows except themselves?
What some escape to, some escape: if we find Swann’s Way better than our own, and
trudge on at the back Of the north wind to – to –
somewhere east Of the sun, west of the moon, it
is because we live
By trading another’s sorrow for our own; another’s
Impossibilities, still unbelieved in, for our own . . .

 Randall Jarrell, The Complete Poems (New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1981).

Quote

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.

Mahatma Gandhi

Wonderful new website!

Check out Planet Esme, a website by the author Esme Raji Codell, that includes: priceless booklists of various genres, tips for new teachers, a book-a-day blog, etc.

Teachers Leaving the Profession

Numerous sources have found that one in three teachers leave the profession in their first three years of teaching, some sources claim that by five years this number increases to 50%.  (I will add more specific sources later).  This is attributed to lack of training (specifically in behavior management), lack of support, and lack of financial stability.  Why, then have I not received one class in my undergraduate degree on behavior management?