ATPE News

Summer 2016

ATPE News is the official publication of the Association of Texas Professional Educators, the largest educator association in Texas. The magazine addresses the most important issues affecting public education in the state. Learn more at ATPE.org.

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members speak by Kenneth Poppe, science/math teacher in Fort Worth ISD ATPE member Kenneth Poppe encourages educators to stay positive in the classroom. H ow many emails do you get in an average workday? Multiply that by 180, a typical number of service days in an annual school year, and then by the number of years you have worked. Waddya get? (I got 420,750 messages over my 45-year career!) Now, how many of those specifc emails can you recall? If you are like me, virtually none of them. We tend to quickly process each message's information, type a reply if required, hit "send" ... and wipe the mental slate clean. (Unless, like me, you have to resend and say, "Oops. Forgot the attachment.") However, I do remember two specifc emails. One was the Enjoy Your Kids Today 32 | atpe.org atpe news

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