Before, during and after class

“Those who can’t do, teach.”

Whenever I hear that saying, it tends to rub me the wrong way. Not that I blame anyone for saying that. Logically, that saying makes a lot sense.

It rubs me the wrong way because I know that there is a lot more to teaching than just “teaching”.

I come from a family of educators. My mom is a family consumer science teacher, my dad teaches English and Civics, grandparents from my mom’s side were both teachers, my grandpa on my dad’s side was a long time administrator, my sister is currently finishing up her teaching certification in history, my future brother in-law...