The Starfish Story (Author Unknown) While walking along the beach one morning, an elderly gentleman saw someone in the distance leaning down, picking up something, and throwing it into the ocean. As he got closer, he saw it was a young man, picking up starfish one by one, and [...]
I submitted this to the blog of C.I. author Andrew Snider in September. In case you missed it, here is my response. See Andrew's books on our website here. What is your reaction? What did you wish you had known when started teaching with C.I.? WHAT DID YOU WISH [...]
Everybody gets tired this time of the school year, but take heart, my friends: Your students understand more than they can produce. A lot more. Susan Gross always used to say, "Comprehension precedes production--by a mile." Focus on measuring comprehension over output. Evidence that they can understand much more [...]
The student has excelled the teacher, the ultimate wish of any educator. I received word the other day from a former student, David Dalton, that he has a PhD in Spanish and is now an assistant professor at The University of North Carolina. He has a book coming out next [...]
It was chaotic. It was noisy. It was heavenly. When the students wanted to keep talking in Spanish, I threw out my lesson plan and let them talk. It gives me hope that this work is not in vain. These are the sentences that my fifth period Spanish 1 [...]
Round 14 of the original Rocky movie is one of the greatest scenes in popular cinematic history. Listening to the song from that scene, The Final Bell, is still inspirational because it brings to mind a character that will not be beaten. If you feel like you've been beaten [...]