Tuesday, July 5, 2011

The Courage to Teacher

One thing I will take away from this book is that I need to keep doing what I'm doing: I make connections with kids, I love what I'm doing, and I care deeply that they learn. Of course, I always need to improve. I am afraid--that I am incompentent, that I won't make connections with every student, that kids won't learn, that my collegues think I'm incompetent, etc, etc. sigh.
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  1. GeriJuly 11, 2011 at 8:19 AM

    Barbara, It sounds like what I go through every year, even after twenty years of teaching. Even though I like many things that I do, and there are times I feel like I'm doing great, there are also those times when I doubt what I'm doing. I want to be perfect, but never quite get there. I want my students to like me because I want their experience with me to be a positive learning one, one that is memorable and helpful to them and I'm always afraid of failing. It kills me when a student does not like me. It's awful when I feel like the weak link. I think it is a sign of a good teacher to keep trying to be the best , so that must be you.  Geri

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