Is responsibility dead?

Absolutely not!

Everyday in my classroom, I see grade-10, grade-11, and grade-12 students rising to the challenge of young adulthood posed by my expectations of civility, maturity, and responsibility. My teaching philosophy is to treat students like the young adults they aspire to be, believing as I do that their character and intelligence will prevail.

Not every student has yet reached the level of responsibility that I expect—and require!—but I have great faith in the capacity of even the least mature to make choices which bring them closer, day by day, to becoming productive and effective members of our learning community.

Responsibility is alive and thriving in Lab 218!