Evaluating Teachers - a teen's perspective

Having one son in a charter school and sports means plenty of driving. Yesterday, I was taking three boys from the high school to the baseball fields a couple of miles away and was lucky to hear this nugget of wisdom:

C: The principal was observing Mr. X (the Latin teacher) today. Class was so much better than usual, we didn't just sit there and read like we usually do.
T: Totally.
J: Yeah, teachers really seem to have better lessons when Principal Y or Mr. Z (Headmaster) is watching them. It's like they think it though better and try to make it more fun to show-off or something.

revolution

"A revolution takes time to settle in." ~Lanza del Vasto

(thanks to Concerned CT Parent)

Engineering Project Lifecycle

1) Enthusiasm
2) Disillusionment
3) Panic
4) Search for the Guilty
5) Punishing the Innocent
6) Rewarding those not involved

(thanks to Mark Roulo)

sequence

First they ignore you,
then they ridicule you,
then they fight you,
then you win.

-Ghandi

(thanks to Mark Roulo)