Here is Linda’s bio. (don’t forget to update with schools and cities):
I teach at a medium sized high school in southeast PA. I have been teaching for a long time. Previously I taught Spanish but am currently teaching French. I am very close to retirement and TPRS has made the last five years so much more enjoyable. I love it but I am the only one in my department who uses TPRS. The struggle I have is that we are a school “under warning” and I must jump through all sorts of hoops in order to get a good evaluation. Each year we have to demonstrate that we are using a certain technique when administrators do walk-throughs. This year it’s graphic organizers. The administrator will come in and sit down and ask a student to show him the graphic organizer he has for this class. So to say the least, it has been hard to be completely TPRS. Nevertheless, the kids love it and learn the most through it. I am happy that my kids can speak the language. I have appreciated this blog because it has been such an inspiration to keep going even when fighting the tide of this new era of the test and statistics. Thank you for keeping the blog going.