This lil ole blog thing has taken on a life of its own. I didn't mean for it to become a snarky retort -- and I don't even mean for it to sound that way when I reference it in what can be misconstrued as a snarky retort -- but it is certainly much more than I thought it ever would be. Just yesterday, a fellow teacher asked me why it seemed that so many young teachers act like they know it all? Before I knew it, I heard the dreaded words: "Don't you read my blog?" Those of you who have been reading the spewings from my brain for months know that despite 16 years of gifted education, I feel less like a master teacher every single day. So much so that this blog is aptly named to reflect any possibility of misnomer. For more seasoned teachers, the presumption of having gleaned all necessary knowledge at the feet of professors in college and a few stints in classrooms as observers or student teachers is preposterous. Yet I can't help but wonder if this new outward optimism and competency is an act being taught, to keep teachers from what would otherwise be an overwhelming pit of despair. The Te@chthought Blog Challenge for today:What do you do to help your students learn in a climate of optimism and hope? Do you have a successful strategy you can share?We've all heard the warnings:
So what do I do to foster a climate of optimism and hope?
Whatever it is, and wherever it's cultivated, it is clearly the key to surviving the present, and making thoughtful, more productive citizens of us all. |
Saturday, January 24, 2015
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