“I remember my first day in front of the classroom. It was not what I expected. I prepared what to say, how to say it and what to do for weeks beforehand, but very few things prepare you for the feeling of standing in front of a classroom of blinking eyelids.”

Walleska Lantigua, High School of Telecommunications, Art and Technology
by lmtv on 16. Aug, 2012 in High School Teachers, New York Teachers, Teacher Reflections, Teaching Fellows

Maribeth Whitehouse, IS 190
by lmtv on 17. May, 2012 in Middle School Teachers, New York Teachers, Teacher Reflections
“I am proud to be charged with amplifying justice.”

Masha Tarasyuk, High School for Medical Professions
by lmtv on 10. May, 2012 in High School Teachers, Math Teachers, New York Teachers, Teacher Reflections
“In my first month as a high school geometry teacher the compasses were used as darts, my handouts trampled, and the lessons, so carefully planned, went unheard above the chatter and I almost forgot the reasons why I started teaching.”

Jessica Hahn, Explore Charter School
by lmtv on 12. Apr, 2012 in Charter School Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, New York Teachers, Teacher Leaders Network
“Try.Something.Else.”
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