1: Reflection on Qtr 1

Those sophomores!  High energy, expressive talkers, brownie-eating inhalers, everyday this is who they are.  Yay!  This I like.  What I have not enjoyed so much was the choice of content for this first quarter.  Therefore, this quarter consists of perks and changes.

How do I know who is in my classroom?  The noise level.  'Tis true.  The younger the students...the louder the group is.  True story.  The older the students...the quieter the classroom when I stand at the door awaiting the bell to ring.  Why is this?  Hummm...maturity?  Social ambitions?  Do not work after-school jobs as much?  Maybe all true?  Or do they just enjoy...in their own ways...arriving in the living room of Cafe 16?  Yes!

Within our curriculum, I foresee a major change!  As in, huge!  Never again, do I plan to teach/lead The Tragedy of Julius Caesar in the first quarter.  First, too much set-up occurs and digs into the time needed to read/discuss/write about this drama.  Two, this one is not my favorite.  (Sorry, Shakespeare!) I would love for our department to consider a comedy for the fourth quarter...along with our humorous genres.  Fun!

All in all, this has been the quickest and most enlightening quarter...maybe in all of my 28 Quarter 1's?  (How can that be!?  Twenty-eight quarters...and some keep telling me I am just 29! On this, I need to ponder!)  On that note, though, I am looking forward much to the next quarter...fall, thankful moments, and the Christmas season.  Yes...much on which to think, chat, write, and reflect.  Bring "it" on!