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I have reached a breaking point with the unit I am currently teaching.  It just isn’t good enough and it is far from great.  I have finally put my finger on why I have been frustrated for the past week and it is very simple…this unit doesn’t live up to my standards.  Don’t get me …

On consecutive days this past week I was reminded of both how incredibly strong our students can be and, at the same time, fragile.  First, I got word that a student had made an attempt on their life.  This is a student who seemed to me to be in a particular good place at the …