April 19, 2008

Do Hard Things

This book, and these guys, have a point. I teach 8th grade, and one of the hardest things to watch/see/endure are the students who consistently choose to not do their work, who choose to not pay attention (not that I have brilliant things to say), who choose to check out of the current moment because they would rather be video gaming or myspacing or smoking up or drinking. It's pretty awful to see kids waste their time in my class, not because it hurts my professional feelings, but