I've been doing a lot of thinking about teaching lately. I decided to clean out my professional literature and get rid of the texts I don't use. That amounted to a LOT of books (don't worry, I kept all the ones I love, LOL). I was going to put them in the staff room as freebies, but 2 teachers new to our school took them all before I could get them there.
I'll admit I was fearful that what is important to me would be important to no one else, but I was wrong. So, I got to thinking about this board. So many of the books I perused (some keeping, some giving away) are books we've discussed here. I guess this is my way of saying I miss our discussions.
I'm still working every day to be a better teacher. Even though I'm considering retiring in another 2 years, I'm still buying children's literature and writing new units of study.
Ah, the good ol' days when I used to sit at my PC with a glass of wine and debate the meaning and intent of Bloom's Taxonomy or the reading strategies of the day.