Love your comment about teaching...having taught for over 40 years (now, happily retired), both my wife (also a retired teacher) and I always felt we learned more from "the kids" than they learned from us. At the end of each year, the final assignment was for them to write a letter to their incoming selves about what they wish they had k…
Love your comment about teaching...having taught for over 40 years (now, happily retired), both my wife (also a retired teacher) and I always felt we learned more from "the kids" than they learned from us. At the end of each year, the final assignment was for them to write a letter to their incoming selves about what they wish they had known, what they experienced, and what they wish had been different. I promised them (and held to that for all my time in the classroom) that the only person who would read them would be me and that I would not read them till the summer so I asked them to be as honest as they could be without fear of retribution if they had anything negative to say. I used all of those every year to shape what I did the following year and every year, even toward the end, I learned something different. I didn't make a lot of money, but even now, looking back, I wouldn't have changed a thing about the path I chose.
Love to “meet” others who feel about teaching as I did. It is special. One thing I know for sure is when the power mongers who took over many if not most of our schools purged or silenced the called to teach teachers, they paved the way for Trump. I’m trying to educate people about what happened to education at WhiteChalkCrime.com so they’ll be inspired to run for school boards on a save democracy platform. School boards are our best opportunity to save democracy once people realize they’re ours for the taking!
Love your comment about teaching...having taught for over 40 years (now, happily retired), both my wife (also a retired teacher) and I always felt we learned more from "the kids" than they learned from us. At the end of each year, the final assignment was for them to write a letter to their incoming selves about what they wish they had known, what they experienced, and what they wish had been different. I promised them (and held to that for all my time in the classroom) that the only person who would read them would be me and that I would not read them till the summer so I asked them to be as honest as they could be without fear of retribution if they had anything negative to say. I used all of those every year to shape what I did the following year and every year, even toward the end, I learned something different. I didn't make a lot of money, but even now, looking back, I wouldn't have changed a thing about the path I chose.
Teachers have benn next to God in our household. Thank you for choosing to teach--a high and mighty calling. 🏆
Love to “meet” others who feel about teaching as I did. It is special. One thing I know for sure is when the power mongers who took over many if not most of our schools purged or silenced the called to teach teachers, they paved the way for Trump. I’m trying to educate people about what happened to education at WhiteChalkCrime.com so they’ll be inspired to run for school boards on a save democracy platform. School boards are our best opportunity to save democracy once people realize they’re ours for the taking!