Celebrating Underestimation

This has been a good week. I could write a long list of everything I celebrate. And that's the thing I found about celebrating--the more you do it, the easier it is to find things that bring you joy. There have also been a couple of "how can I give this up?" moments, but I believe those are for reminding me I am leaving while at my best, and that's exactly how I want to do it. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ As always when teaching Fahrenheit 451 in College Prep Lit , we discuss education. Yesterday, I started with this quote as a thinking prompt. The conversation was fast and furious. They started with standardized testing, moved on to upper level math, class rank, grade points, and teachers. My instructional coach and I have been working on deeper discussion in this class during both semesters and this class blew me away. And the best part is--I underestimated them :) This is a boy-heavy class.