Bud the Teacher

    I was pleased to join a bunch of folks over at EdTechTalk Sunday Edition #61 the other night.  It was an interesting hour of odds ‘n ends.  I do need to make a correction to soemthing I said during the webcast, though.  The National Writing Project has 190 local sites, not the 70 that I stated.
    The blogger regrets the error. 

    I’ve learned as a teacher that the more I help others, the less time I have to complete my assigned daily work.  Pretty much, school systems are set up to punish the helpful.  I hope that’s not intentional.
    Pretty much, the more I teach, the more I realize that I’ve got to close my door and block the window if I want to get my work done.  And I hate that idea very, very much, but I find myself more and more in that mindset.
    How do y’all deal with that?  How do you keep your door open, yourself available to help, and still get everything done?