Tomorrow I begin teaching my students
As I wrote in June in So here's my new teaching gig, I am now employed by DeMatha Catholic High School in Hyattsville MD.
I am, besides teaching 6 (of the 8) sections of Government required of all seniors, also one of the two coaches of the Freshman soccer team — we have 21 players, a bit more than we had planned, but something we can make work.;
Over the last five weeks I have gotten more and more involved in the life of the school. My wife says she has not seen me this excited since I retired from Eleanor Roosevelt in 2012.
I still have several hours of preparatory work to do before tomorrow morning, and I did prep work all of yesterday, which is why I did not head north to my alma mater Haverford College for the annual Alumni soccer game (no, at 73 I no longer play) and reception.
I have not been as active here recently as people may have been used to, so I am taking some time this morning to explain what the recent weeks have been like, and why I am so excited — and somewhat challenged — by what I expect will be my final teaching position.
IF you choose not to read further, no problem. I hope what I offer will justify the time you spend following me beneath the squiggle — hopefully what I share will clearly connected with the mission of this site, at least as I have understood it over the more than 15 years since I first came here.
I signed my contract on June 10. Going back over the recent weeks, since I accepted the position of coaching soccer shortly thereafter, my activity with the school began with my working at the camp run by the Dematha Soccer Academy starting the last full week in July. That camp was for kids through rising high school freshmen, including CONTINUE READING: Tomorrow I begin teaching my students
