Learning from research!!!

This week has been so busy for me.  School has been none stop and with class work and being sick added to that it seems that I cannot even catch up.  I have had the opportunity to look at various things with my class though.  I have learned that my thoughts on school and how things should be handled and ran are online with many others in my position.  I especially like it when I listened to other educators/administrators talk of looking into what others have done and pulling from that the things that fit you.  I do not think it is right to make others do things a certain way unless it is absolutely neccassary.  To me, when this happens it makes for a unhappy teacher.  Not all classrooms are the same and not all students are the same.  I really feel that you need to look at the student and their life outside of school also.  This could make a big impact on how they act and learn.  It is important to understand what is going on in their lives to know how you can help the students.