Whether it’s on people’s blog entries or in reading people’s twitter updates, one thing is clear — the new school year is just about upon us.

So as we here at SLA gear up with our Summer Institute, and we remember that as much as this is about discussions of pedgagogy, technology, innovation and theory, what’s it really about is spending our lives with these amazing young people and helping them navigate their way through childhood to a powerful, productive and meaningful life.

To all the wonderful people in my learning network — thank you in advance for another year of challenging and clarifying what I believe and think, and I wish you a wonderful start of school and a meaningful, transformative and fun year. And may we all remember this thought on the hard days:

We’re the lucky ones. We teach.