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From Amy: Ben, Here’s my commute today. I work in the suburb of Salt Lake City and this stretch of road at the end of my commute is a good reminder to me to climb the hills and break down the walls. -Amy

This is from Leigh Anne: Hi Ben, How are you, mon ami? It is great to see the changes in la Méthode, to know that you are continuing the discourse and that you are surviving the pushback. Update: Well, it’s a lock. After 9 years with French 1-4, I’m being switched involuntarily to all Spanish

Hey Ben, I did one of those class evaluations and I got some pretty good data. It basically says that 90% of students love storytelling and like 5% would rather do book work. I think that’s about what you guys teach. I also learned that I can learn to speak a little slower and make

Sean describes: Driving under the Red Line El train in Chicago…. These May days can be rough… trying to get through the day. I can not emphasize enough how much you and the members of your PLC have inspired me to get to work in the morning and do my best! Thanks!

Tina reports: I walked home and took this from the west hills:

Jen explains: This is the corner of West Bow St. and Central St. in downtown Franklin, NH. The building on the left is a rehab / recovery place. The yellow building is one of the many abandoned buildings in town. School is about 150 meters past the yellow bldg. Happy Wednesday!

Diane has been with us here in the PLC for many years. She started out in Chicago, moved to Denver I think around four years ago, taught at Valor Christian High School and now has a big announcement for us, so thank you for this report Diane: This is my 10th year teaching Mandarin. I

Here is Keri’s commute in Connecticut from this morning:

This is Emeka’s “commute” down the hallway each day: Ben – I walk by this every morning and every night to get to my classroom. It’s a good reminder for me about the bigger picture and I take a deep breath.

Making Krashen’s ideas come to life fully in our classrooms cannot actually be described to someone in words, one has to experience it. This is especially true if a teacher is predisposed to looking for faults, and not strengths, in things that they do not fully grasp. They only see the toenail of the elephant. Coming from a place of control

Alisa is doing a high stakes training in NYC soon. We had this conversation: Q. My question for you and the PLC is, has anyone ever walked into a school or organization training knowing there were some smart but ignorant skeptics/teachers in the audience? These are places where the principals are convinced, since the parents

Ryann Campbell is kicking butt on the Invisibles out there in the state of Washington. Her commute: