An example of the relationship I have with my students: I got a haircut yesterday, and then walked into class today, not thinking much of it. However, one of my students immediately said, “Your hair is looking lovely today, Ms. Sandler.” I was so stunned and suspicious that I left the room to check my […]

I’m reading Lad Tobin’s Writing Reflections as my book to present in class, and I’m somewhat confounded by his ideas about the necessity of strong relationships with our students. Several times over the course of the semester, reading Elbow and Tobin and others, I’ve thought to myself, “I’ll never know my students as well as […]