The next time you hear someone say “Well, next year things are going to be worse, so that’s why I do bad things,” wherein your replace worse with unengaging/bad/vapid/remedial teaching practices and bad things with an equally horrible junior version of those unengaging/bad/vapid/remedial teaching practices, respond with the following.
I know! I figure they’re all going to be dead some day, so I have them all stay in wooden boxes during class.
Ha! Ha! This is related to your “Our Kids” post. Fundamental teaching practices like the ones promoted by Madeline Hunter are impervious to the times.
Agree on all counts. Find myself needing to externalize some “Stop doing that” conversations I’ve been having internally for a while.