Education is important business.
Once in a while, a student needs to be somewhere else in the school during the time that she should be in my classroom. Club meetings, picture day, sporting events, ... lots of activity going on in a typical high school. So this mature and responsible student comes to me a day or two before and asks, "Are we doing anything important tomorrow?"
My answer is always the same: We do something important Every Day. Bell-to-bell learning; every minute, every day; valuable instructional time.... Call it what you will, the stuff that goes on in the classroom--in every classroom--is valuable and important.
Sometimes it is hard to see the importance of something we do everyday. It becomes commonplace; and without an engaging teacher it can become boring. The best learning occurs when the teacher understands the importance of every minute and communicates this to the students via thoughtful, engaging lessons.
Education is important; everyday, every minute.
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