At the end of this school year, I retired. I have planned to retire this year for the last few, so I knew it would be my last year teaching.
The End of an Era. The Final Chapter. A New Beginning. These are all the “titles” I have placed on this last year. And because I knew exactly when my “ending” was going to take place, I got to celebrate all the lasts!
Read MoreThis past school year I had more students who exhibit ADHD-like behavior, particularly when working on their iPads, than I have ever seen before. It’s been building for the last few years. Yes, some of them are truly diagnosed with ADD or ADHD, but most of them have a learned inability to stay focused on something for more than about 12-15 seconds. …my students just cannot focus, and therefore, they are suffering academically. If something does not change, this will eventually spill over into their teenage years and adulthood, and it terrifies me to think that we may have drivers, doctors, and pilots who are so easily distracted with the inability to sustain focus on something important like driving, performing surgeries, or flying a plane.
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