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Whoever said that teaching has to be hard work? Well speaking from experience, it is. You go in early than you're supposed to. Your planning is barely enough to scrape together anything resembling a lesson. You leave later than you're supposed to. Then you work once you're at home. You wake up the next morning having dreamed about tomorrow's lesson. That's a whole lot of work, and the craziest part is that the actual teaching comes second to the work. You know what I'm talking about. Instead of having time to really tutor a student on a concept, you're too busy picking...
It has been a little while since my last post. Life has gotten the upper hand, and I have swamped with work. This week I'm on spring break though, so I have a little more time to myself. While I was surfing the web over coffee this morning, I came across a really awesome resource for teachers. I work in a school system that provides well for its students; however as I imagine it is for most teachers, there is always something that I could really use in the classroom but don't have the funding for. Well luckily there is a group out...
So I got to thinking (I know it's amazing news) about how we as teacher spend so much of our time correcting behavior. However, I have never really stopped to think what I'm trying to correct that behavior towards. What I'm saying is that most of the time we know exactly what makes a "bad" kid, but I don't think I've really have sat down to think about what makes a "good" student. Now without degrading into a pointless discussion about the absurdity of dualism, I think that we spend too much time separating students into categories of good and bad....
Holy Moo Moo, how many times have you heard that question after you just taught the class how to multiply polynomials or how to graph a line using slope-intercept form? The answer is, in all honesty, NEVER. So what's the point? Why teach these kids something they'll never use unless they somehow get inspired to become an Algebra teacher at a local high school? It's a battle I fight everyday in my Algebra 1 classroom. One day this past week, I just broke down and told the students sitting in their cute little desks with their confused, beady white eyes, that...
On my previous post "Stop that...", Shirley Winkle (aka my kid sister's pseudonym) suggested two very thought provoking videos about education. I loved them so much I felt it was worth giving them their own post. First let me preface them by saying that they are absolutely wonderful. I will not pretend to disguise my enthusiasm under layers of objectivity. Not only are they immensely thought provoking, but they are funny. Funny in a way that captures your imagination as well as your laughter. Both of these were found on TED, which I would encourage you to...
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