The Back Row Kids
The view from my desk Since last Tuesday, I've been contemplating a post called "The Front Row" on Otter Landing's blog. I keep thinking about those back row kids. It's hard for me you see, because I don't have a back row. I don't like to let kids hide. Right now, my desks are arranged in rows (I change my room arrangement a lot). So, I often teach from the back of the room. That way, the back is the front and the front is the back. Those front row kids stay engaged because they want to be the ones to tell you the answers, but the back row kids are now in the front and they can't hide. My desk is at the side of the room so that when I mix up the desks into little pods of three or four, the side is the front and the front and back are now the sides. Confused? So are the kids sometimes, but no one gets to hide. I have also been a back row hider myself at times. I have been known to have my desk in the back. That really confuses