Comments on: Mountains, Molehills, and Growing Pains http://samjshah.com/2008/08/28/mountains-molehills-and-growing-up/ Wed, 15 Feb 2012 22:10:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: ack! disaster in 7-1! « Continuous Everywhere but Differentiable Nowhere http://samjshah.com/2008/08/28/mountains-molehills-and-growing-up/#comment-1333 Sat, 12 Sep 2009 01:09:23 +0000 http://samjshah.wordpress.com/?p=577#comment-1333 [...] had only been teaching for about a month and half. I hadn’t learned the “mountain vs. molehill” principle, which — when I figured it out — changed my life. I was filled with [...]

]]> By: samjshah http://samjshah.com/2008/08/28/mountains-molehills-and-growing-up/#comment-369 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:55:35 +0000 http://samjshah.wordpress.com/?p=577#comment-369 Oh you’re so lucky! New teacher liaison! I’m jealous — really. This year, I wanted to get involved with the new teacher orientation. I even suggested a panel where 2nd year teachers are put in a room with the new teachers, and everything is totally confidential (nobody but us and them), and they let the new teachers ask us questions. (Didn’t happen. Sigh.) And I said I’d love to get involved with new teacher stuff, and maybe be a mentor, or do something to help them out. But no one asked me to. (Double sigh.)

]]> By: Math Stories : New Teacher Guidance http://samjshah.com/2008/08/28/mountains-molehills-and-growing-up/#comment-368 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:38:42 +0000 http://samjshah.wordpress.com/?p=577#comment-368 [...] get. I need to let them know what the small stuff is, so that they don’t have to sweat it. (thanks, sam). I need to make them aware that they’re going to be overwhelmed, and that their easiest way [...]

]]> By: Mr. K http://samjshah.com/2008/08/28/mountains-molehills-and-growing-up/#comment-367 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:03:25 +0000 http://samjshah.wordpress.com/?p=577#comment-367 Thanks for this post, Sam.

I’m the new teacher liason this year, and this will give me something to base our pep talk on tomorrow.

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