Teaching Is Reaching

An opportunity to reflect on my pedagogy is truly an invigorating experience. Where have I been? Where am I now? Where am I going? This series of questions can be quite provocative. As I reviewed my experiences and the record of my activities and achievements, I had to step back and say, “Well Marshall, it looks like you really enjoy what you do!” I think that captures the essence of what energizes my success: namely, my enthusiasm. I have now completed thirty-three years of teaching at Ramapo College and it has been an amazing and satisfying experience. I detect no inkling of a depreciation of the level of my enthusiasm for my profession. The connection between me the person and me the pedagogue is fused.