Esquith on Why Great Teachers Are Leaving

CAT Tracks Editor's Note:

I finished reading Rafe Esquith's book...

At times, I literally rolled my eyes. Talk about pie-in-the-sky!

But...

Rafe also had a grasp of reality, saying often that a teacher - even the best teacher, even himself - couldn't save everyone, that you had to leave some students behind. If not, you would definitely burn out and maybe even die trying.

At other times while reading the book, this old CAT actually yearned for a "do-over". The stories that Rafe told about his Hobart Shakespeareans were truly inspiring. The sampling of letters he received from his former students were, well, a teacher's dream.

In short...