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I’ve been an educator for many years, and have been asked by numerous friends how to deal with a conflict that crops up in their child’s school. Students come home at the end of the day filled with social and academic stress. With growing classroom sizes and increasing curriculum demands in many schools, teachers are less likely to be able to stay in constant contact with parents about what happens while their children are at school.
Growing up in the artsy neighborhood of Soho, it is no surprise that Ian Rusten set his sights on a career in the arts. While he enjoyed subjects such as history and English, “I liked drawing even more,” he says. However, after teaching English in Korea after college, he caught the teaching bug and went on to earn an M.A. in Education and an M.A. in History, both at Hunter College.
“It’s funny; teaching as a career just never really occurred to me,” he says.
His students are glad that it finally did.
As a child of educators and as an educator myself, I’ve always had an interest in the topic of education. Even before I became an administrator, I would read any article or snippet about teaching that caught my eye. Recently, the subject of teens and mentoring seemed to be popping up everywhere I looked. From a study done by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health to a
