Leading From The HeartImage licensed from CagleCartoons.com copyright Daryl Cagle, All Rights Reserved. I’ve been seeing this image more and more lately, each time I smirk, shake my head. It provokes a number of thoughts: beginning with, defensively…. Why is it ok to yell at teachers? Why blame the teacher for a student’s failure? How/when did this accountability … Student Grades…Who’s Responsible?
From Dea Conrad-Curry at Notions and Potions in Thinking deeply about the seeds we plant: …I was thinking of how farmers and teachers are alike. They both are responsible to nurture valuable commodities. Their work is both science and art. They both possess intrinsic passion, returning day in and day out to work over which … farmers and teachers
Yesterday I posted a tweet. Today I’m going to comment on it. Sometimes it takes me a while to process my thoughts. The very best teachers spend every day of their lives ignoring or subverting the curriculum Now, why is this? Why would people, including myself, think that the best teachers are the ones who … Why do the very best teachers ignore/subvert curriculum?
I’ve written about this before. Yesterday I felt stressed – nervous, anxious, slightly on edge – and not because of me. We are starting an exam period (what a lovely way to come back from a 2 week vacation…not) and yesterday was the first of them. The exam began with some argument about what to … holding emotion
I’ve made the decision to do something I have never done before and that is to remove a post. Well, actually, to replace it with this one. I have not been asked to do this by anyone, it is something I have decided to do on my own because, regardless of its intention, its results … rant