Reflections

Knowing Why?

In reflecting on my life as a history teacher, I challenge teachers to link passion and purpose in the “why-based classroom. The “Why” finds reason, places relevance, resolves dilemmas, and answers purpose. It challenges the teachers and students to participate in reinvigorating what the high school classroom is all about. A why-based classroom becomes an environment where both the teacher and the student are excited to collaborate and work together to achieve something above standards. It removes the mundane rigidity within the idea of high schools for both the teacher and the student. It gives life back to the high school classroom.

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