For Teachers, Teachers of Teachers & Their Students
Happy September, though to be honest, for many students (and some teachers), September is not such a happy month. I certainly understand how school encroaches on the freedom to enjoy long lazy days that start late and end late with the opportunity for each of us to choose how to fill the moments in between. I certainly understand that despite any eagerness to see friends more frequently, September brings yellow buses and class bells that order our time, that schedule when we wake, when we eat, whe n we can go home again. Especially when there's a test on Monday, September is the start of that sinking Sunday-night-sinking feeling which will repeat itself every Sunday until it's summer again. Though I have long given up tight schedules and school lunches, a kind of spidery sense reminds me that it's September even before the calendar does. More than New Year's Day, the start of a new school year fills me with anticipation, a feeling that the coming days stret...
