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By: Tracy Rosen

Tracy Rosen — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:37:36 +0000

I, for one, definitely plan on sticking around. Psychology is a big part of what we do, us teachers…at least this teacher

Looking forward to new posts.
Tracy

By: Damian

Damian — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 22:33:07 +0000

Thanks for the well-wishes, folks (and research, @tracy!). When I started this thing, I honestly didn’t know if I’d last a month, but here we are. The posts have been few and far between in the last few months, but it’s something I enjoy doing, and I’ll be making an effort to blog with a little more regularity come the fall (even if it means cutting into my Twitter time, he said half-jokingly).

Hope you’ll all stick around, even if I manage to shift the focus a bit more towards the psychology end of things (what with the new job, and all).

Unrelated whyizzit: Whyizzit that when I haven’t posted for weeks, my RSS subscribers go thru the roof, but when I actually write, I tend to lose 3 or 4? Anyway, if you’re a new reader, thanks for subscribing; why not drop a comment?

By: jose

jose — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 17:00:40 +0000

I must shout you out on your blog b-day. Congrats on keeping it around this long. And having a sense of humor is critical to teaching. Because it’s easy to get down on yourself in this job, but laughter is as therapeutic as it gets in this profession.

By: diane

diane — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 01:19:33 +0000

Damian,

I’m glad you’ve retained your sense of humor during a (challenging, but aren’t they always) family vacation.

Congratulations on your Blog Birthday! I always enjoy reading your posts and I’m sure you infuse your classes with the same mix of fun and learning.

What do I bring to my own classes? A mothering sort of caring, I think. My students seem to like my unusual approach and a relatively stress-free (since I don’t teach a core subject) environment.

They probably think of me as that slightly crazy but basically nice grandmotherly sort of teacher. And that’s fine with me.

By: Tracy Rosen

Tracy Rosen — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 21:54:20 +0000

Nice reflection to read, Damian. I’m glad you found some time to write on your vacation…I hope you’re able to laugh as well

I find myself repeating – often – if they’re laughing, they’re going to remember. And apparently, there’s some science behind that:

How Laughing Leads to Learning
http://www.apa.org/monitor/jun06/learning.html

Healing Hearts, Laughter and Learning
http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~content=a785035068~db=all