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Brent, Ginger – English Education, 2005
Several years ago the author attended a week-long orientation for a new job she was taking as an English teacher in an affluent suburb of Chicago. On the first day, the school's director of student activities led all of the new teachers in an "icebreaker," wherein they were taught how to juggle. However, the author could not juggle. When it was…
Descriptors: Teacher Orientation, Teacher Educators, Faculty Development, Teacher Attitudes