Peter Berger: The royal road to learning

Editor’s note: This commentary is by Peter Berger, an English teacher at Weathersfield School, who writes “Poor Elijah’s Almanack.” The column appears in several publications, including the Times Argus, the Rutland Herald and the Stowe Reporter.
By now teachers across the country have gotten their letters. I’m talking about the upbeat, anticipatory, big smile, “You won’t believe how we’ve rearranged the world over the summer,” welcome back le