How do students learn? How do students store memories? How do their neurons learn?

Well, almost a quarter of the year is up, and I am not satisfied with how the classes are going. Oh, some students are learning quite well, but some are not. And I have a tendency to focus on the negative. When I was a child, I enjoyed playing those "Find-What's-Wrong-With-This-Picture" games.

Well, there's definitely something wrong with this picture. My beloved wife reassures me that I am doing an excellent job, and perhaps I am. But I am not satisfied, and it doesn't "feel" like I am being effective or particularly successful. And, by and large, the process of teaching has not been particularly fun.

That said, I must say that I like my students; I can't think of a single one I don't like. Oh, certainly some of them are quite trying, but they aren't being malicious. They're just being "teenagers" -- wild young adolescent primates that were meant to be swinging in trees and wrestling and travelling around in packs... good kids!

Anyway, I'm inspired to try some different organization in my classroom, and see if my classes can't improve upon their performance and education so far. Let's see... Hmmm... A schedule is good... And we could use some computers, some magazines, some planters and dirt, some molecular modeling kits, ...