Let’s go back to my very first year of teaching kindergarten. You knew I used to teacher kindergarten, right? I wanted to be the best teacher I could be and I thought the key to that was planning. I planned an entire year of quarterly, monthly, weekly, and daily goals for my students before I even laid eyes upon them. Here’s what happened the first day: a fire drill, kids crying, some kids knew how to spell their own name while other kids didn’t know the difference between letters and numbers. One student wandered out of the bathroom with her pants down and asked me to wipe her butt. I…...
