Advice From an Older Teacher to the Next Generation

Words from the sage on the stage

Photo by Dirk van Wolferen on Unsplash

This past June I completed my 35th year of teaching, having first entered the classroom in 1987. Sometimes it seems like I just started doing this, but other times I stop and realize the students in my first graduating class are now 52 years old. My first students are now grandparents. There is something sobering about…