Jun 22, 2026 · 17 min · 9 segments
Every great teacher has something students can't find in a textbook: themselves. In this episode of *Teach Me, Teacher*, Jacob sits down with educator and author **Jay Wamsted** to discuss how…
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Jay WamstedGuestBut one of the things I was gonna ask before I asked you to kind of introduce yourself was th- this, this time of the year, we said we're hitting summer.
Um, everyone else probably listen to this probably is as well, if not already deep into it.
I, it's, it's one of those things I've, I've long documented on the show that, uh, I am, I'm, I'm a, I don't like to end anything.
You were talking, you were talking about that just, uh, uh, it feels like the other day, but it might've been a couple weeks ago, but, uh, when you recorded.
Uh, uh, I, I, so I, I'm the kind of guy, when I finish a book, um, I immediately, I put that book down and I immediately pick up the next book and I start the next book.
It could be midnight, 1:00 in the morning, 2:00 in the m- you know, like whatever.
I, I will not sit with a, the end of a book for more than the 10 seconds it takes me to find the next book.
I like to like, kind of look around and like see the kids and think about what could be different and, um, and then I like to like put it all in a little box in my head and not think about it over the summer.
[laughs] And then I like to show up and start that new year kinda like a new book.
But one of the things I was gonna ask before I asked you to kind of introduce yourself was th- this, this time of the year, we said we're hitting summer.
Um, everyone else probably listen to this probably is as well, if not already deep into it.
I, it's, it's one of those things I've, I've long documented on the show that, uh, I am, I'm, I'm a, I don't like to end anything.
You were talking, you were talking about that just, uh, uh, it feels like the other day, but it might've been a couple weeks ago, but, uh, when you recorded.
Uh, uh, I, I, so I, I'm the kind of guy, when I finish a book, um, I immediately, I put that book down and I immediately pick up the next book and I start the next book.
It could be midnight, 1:00 in the morning, 2:00 in the m- you know, like whatever.
I, I will not sit with a, the end of a book for more than the 10 seconds it takes me to find the next book.
I like to like, kind of look around and like see the kids and think about what could be different and, um, and then I like to like put it all in a little box in my head and not think about it over the summer.
[laughs] And then I like to show up and start that new year kinda like a new book.
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