I started my first full day on Topsail taking photos of familiar things even as I was thinking through the coming days of teaching a new curriculum in a new school in a new state and--most important--to new students. It is good, as I regroup, to take account of what is familiar and beloved as I take this leap forward. Before I hit the beach, I read students' essays on something they are proud of that was assigned to them last week (the semester started before I got here, and this was assigned to them by a different teacher). They are proud of themselves, their mothers and fathers, their siblings, or nothing at all, thank you very much and here's how I'm not proud in five brilliant paragraphs. Or one. Oops. I started my walk thinking about kids who are open and honest and vulnerable and ready to be liked and taught. I hope I live up to their expectations.
Our World Tuesday
