An excellent and insightful article from the Huffington Post: What Dead Poets Society Taught Me About Being a Teacher

1. It’s about relationships
2. It’s about passion
3. It’s about being YOU
4. It’s about teaching life skills, too
5. It’s about ALL kids

As we gear up for Opening Day 2014:

“Let’s remember that the most important thing we do as teachers is create a compassionate community for meaningful connection with students. It is our cultivated awareness, engagement, and authenticity that allow us to do this in our work with young people. Mr. Keating, and Mr. Williams, can live on in our classrooms.” – Sarah Ruddell Beach