From my blog on Wordpress:  Mr. Pollak's Blog: Reminders of why I became a teacher over twenty years ago

The tagline for my blog is my guiding principle as I share my thoughts with you.  I am trying to focus my words on why I wanted to teach so many years ago.  My commitment to the readers of this blog was to keep my message positive, upbeat, and insightful.  I will try to make it so by the end of this post, but I must comment on my…

I have a confession. When I started teaching in 1992, I really didn’t know what I was doing. I walked into my first classroom as a 5th grade teacher with a strong work ethic and an idealistic enthusiasm to change the world through children. However, no undergraduate program can properly prepare one for the rigors of having one’s own classroom. I wanted to be a teacher that promoted local and global social awareness and a passion for learning. What I knew for sure was that my priority was to…