When I was just a young lassie in undergrad school, I was studying to be a teacher. Elementary teachers teach a variety of subjects and you have to take a class on each subject to "learn" how to teach it. With each class came a hands on experience, where you had to go into a classroom and teach a lesson. I just happen to go to college in the town where I went to elementary school. So when the opportunity to go teach a lesson at the elementary school where I went to, I jumped at the chance. And even better was the fact that I got to go teach in the classroom of my once 6th  grade teacher. Quite nervous and excited I taught my lesson on tree rings to his 4th grade class. All went well and afterwards we sat to talk. He said nothing but positive things and that was what I was hoping for since my emphasis was in science and that is what I was teaching. Then I made the fatal mistake of asking him why he didn't teach 6th grade anymore and his response was “because they are all a … [Read more...]