Five Keys to Life

1. Attitude
2. Passion
3. Having good habits
4. Hard work
5. Balance

Mr. Muñoz Teacher Appreciation

I was happy to see this in my inbox recently. My mentor teacher, Gerardo Muñoz, has been featured for DPS' Teacher Appreciation 2014. He taught me almost everything I know about teaching, and is one of the smartest and most considerate people I know. His teaching style emphasizes student talk in the classroom, which is not only one of the best (and research-based) ways for people to learn, but it also empowers students with the realization that they are smart and capable of learning new information, processing and synthesizing it, and then engaging in intelligent discussion. He shows students that the world is a very big, wild, diverse, interesting, and inspiring place, and that they're an important part of it.