That’s all I can say. I just got home from hearing Rafe Esquith speak at Powell’s. He is a celebrity in the land of teachers. He wrote Teaching Like Your Hair is on Fire. From the title and from reading about him I knew I had to go see him. Within the first few minutes of hearing him speak, I wanted to get back into teaching. He is so inspiring. So to all the teachers out there- buy his book and watch the PBS Documentary DVD of his classroom. He will get that fire back in you. He brought some of his students to perform Shakespeare after his speech. He teaches 5th grade to students of low poverty and who are non English speakers in a public school in L.A.
The book is also supposed to be beneficial to parents. Check it out!!!