"Monitor and Adapt." I guess this is the thought process behind the curriculum flexibility that I saw on Wednesday. Schultz said that a teacher has to adapt his or her teaching plans to their students needs. I guess that she was planning to have her kiddos do a poetry section after break, but decided to change her plans because she thought that the poetry would bore her students (everything does, one of the teachers in the office said) , and would then leave her students with a nasty taste in their mouths.
Schultz sits in a desk as the children read Death of a Salesman. I like that. In addition to putting herself on a level close to that of the students, it seems to help her keep track of the back row specialists. Some of the kids towards the front are taking advantage of this by napping during the reading. There are trade offs everywhere.
The kid playing Willy Loman is impressing me with his chops. Also, now I'll finally be able to learn who Biff Loman is after hearing him referenced on Seinfeld.
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