The words rang loud and clear and pierced through to the heart… "Go back where you came from!" It's the first week in August of 1986 and my first year as a classroom teacher. I was assigned a 5th/6th grade split and happy to have the job. Even though I had been a substitute teacher for several months during the previous school year I had no idea what it would be like to be the leader and at the helm in my own classroom. I'd imagined an idealistic setting where everyone loved to read and … [Read more...]