This isn't IT related at all, but I wanted to share a great article about my friend Steve Cassidy's work at Charlestown High School as a teacher and coach. Charlestown High is one of the premier basketball programs in Massachusetts, but Steve's focus is always on the kids:
From The Boston Globe:
"I'm a teacher first and a coach second," said Cassidy. "Coaching is another tool to reach the kids. There are different areas in which to do that, and sometimes you can't as well in the classroom as you can on the basketball court. . . . The more areas you can provide for the kids to excel, then you have a hook to convince them to want to excel in the classroom as well."
Steve is one of those people, like my wife (a brilliant English teacher), whose example inspires me to improve as an educator.
You can read the whole article at boston.com:
"Winning's good, it's just not everything." - The Boston Globe, February 24, 2008
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