http://garyrubinstein.teachfor.us/2008/06/27/the-school-year-is-a-marathon-not-a-sprint/ By a somewhat frustrated 1991 alum Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:49:16 +0000 http://lyceum.ibiblio.org/?v=1.0.1 http://garyrubinstein.teachfor.us/2008/06/27/the-school-year-is-a-marathon-not-a-sprint/#comment-94802 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:01:15 +0000 http://garyrubinstein.teachfor.us/2008/06/27/the-school-year-is-a-marathon-not-a-sprint/#comment-94802 [...] I had not read Gary Rubenstein’s TFA blog until reader Brian Rude commented on it recently.  If you know a first year teacher, do them a favor and tell them about this blog today.  He’s been handing out pearls for the last month on lesson planning, classroom management, and common teacher mistakes.  He advises new teachers what to say if asked, “Are you a new teacher? Some kid is definitely going to ask you so what are you going to say? What most new TFA teachers incorrectly think is the best way to answer this is to exaggerate the seventeen days (or hours!?!) of practice teaching during the institute. To me, this is like bragging about your girlfriend in Canada. [...] […] I had not read Gary Rubenstein’s TFA blog until reader Brian Rude commented on it recently.  If you know a first year teacher, do them a favor and tell them about this blog today.  He’s been handing out pearls for the last month on lesson planning, classroom management, and common teacher mistakes.  He advises new teachers what to say if asked, “Are you a new teacher? Some kid is definitely going to ask you so what are you going to say? What most new TFA teachers incorrectly think is the best way to answer this is to exaggerate the seventeen days (or hours!?!) of practice teaching during the institute. To me, this is like bragging about your girlfriend in Canada. […]

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