Edutopia – Anna Mae Tempus
“The question came as it usually does—with an eye roll and a smirk. I was in the middle of explaining the directions for an intricate project with one of my sections of English 10. A student’s hand shot up as his words were already coming out: “Ms. Tempus, when am I ever going to use this?” This, of course, was the content I was delivering with passion and care, the project that would show me the culmination of several skills we had been hitting hard over the past month. My carefully designed handout, cutesy illustrations alongside student learning outcomes, and honed mini-lesson meant nothing to this particular student. He had doubts and a need to voice them.” (more)