Teaching Secrets: Get Back in Touch With Your Inner Student

By Heather Wolpert-Gawron

In the following adapted excerpt from my new book 'Tween Crayons and Curfews: Tips for Middle School Teachers , I examine the importance of honestly reintroducing yourself to who you were as a student. In the spirit of true transparency, the unabridged chapter includes an unabashed list of my own memories of who I was as a tween. In this excerpt, I ask that teacher readers do the same reflection based on the current grade level in which they teach.

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