I don’t think that makes sense, that title. I’ve been making less sense lately. I hope to start making more sense soon. In the meantime, bear with me.

Tomorrow is the first day of a new semester. I have never maintained the practice I should have, to register my thoughts and experiences about teaching: to have a reflective practice. Maybe I’ll be able to take advantage of this new beginning to kickstart myself into better habits.

The start of a new semester it seems a good time to take stock of my beliefs about teaching. Now that I’ve gained more experience, my beliefs are based more in practice and not only in ideology. I’m not going to do that now, but I want to start thinking about it: the roles and practices of teachers, students, the institution. Once I set that down on digital paper, I can examine ways to align them with what I do in the classroom. Without that, I’m feeling a little unrooted, and that my practice is somewhat random, hit-or-miss.

In a few days I will try to figure out what I’ve done well, what I haven’t, how I can improve, and all that. A good place to begin might be to look at the questionnaire that I asked my students to answer.