
Begin the school year with goal-setting
One of the things I miss about teaching high school is the excitement of a new school year. The promise of empty notebooks, and the desks perfectly aligned were always calling me back to my classroom in early August. These images reminded me that I had an opportunity to start fresh, to begin again, and that each of my students had the same chance. Sean Covey calls these beginnings and ending "momentous moments." In his book The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Teens, Covey