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This week, I would like to share an inspirational message from FLTEACH.
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I'm about to start my second year in the H.S. classroom after years of absence
and am very much looking forward to it. That first year was rough and kept me
silent on FLTEACH (though I did read the postings) since I spent all my time
writing curriculum, planning lessons, concentrating on classroom
management, etc. etc....

To everybody about to begin their own classroom experience: You will be
exhausted all the time and your emotions will often take a roller coaster ride,
but hang in there! Teaching IS worth the hard work and hassles. There is
nothing more exciting than seeing the thrill on the faces of students who
realize they are actually able to communicate, to do something with the
language...! A comment from one of my freshmen (a very good student) that
still makes me smile: "If we go to France this summer, we know just enough to
be 'dangerous,' don't we?"

Shackelford, S. Re: Fun with Grammar/Language. Foreign Language
Teaching Forum listserv. FLTEACH@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU (31 Jul.
2004).
SourceGreg Hopper-Moore
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