10) Sometimes, old school is good school. You don’t have to jump on the bandwagon just because it’s the latest method or the newest gadget. And remember: when it comes to technology, there’s always a trade-off.
another lesson: dress professionally. Photo credit: thechive.com
9) You can’t change the world, but you can change a life…and maybe the life you change will go on and change the world.
8) Adults involved in education are really good at pointing fingers, and really bad about accepting responsibility.
7) Teachers are the worst students. We huff and puff about students staying on task in class, but we can’t seem to do it in a staff meeting.
6) Anger is weakness; calm is strength.
5) You must have the eyes of an assassin….metaphorically speaking, of course.
4) No matter how bad you screwed up the day before, the sun will rise tomorrow.
3) Don’t fool yourself. There is no such thing as “sometimes consistent.” You either are or you are not consistent. One slip, and you aren’t consistent. Simple as that.
2) Learn to relish saying the word “no.” Seriously. It will save both you and your students.
1) The buck stops with the adults. We can spew all the blatherskeit we can about “kids these days,” but really, the adults reap what we sow.
You thought that was #1, but here’s the REAL number 1:
You’d be surprised with what you can get away with.
What I mean by that is not, of course, doing illegal and immoral things. I’m talking about Christian teachers delving into religious and spiritual topics. Many are soooo scared of violating some nebulous cultural more we call “the separation of church and state.” Some think that you can’t even mention religion in schools at all! But really, with a little prayer, a little guts, and a little wisdom, you really can talk about all sorts of things. Hey, liberals, atheists, and agnostics do it all the time; why not Christians? This whole “separation of church and state” stuff is juts a paper tiger.
That’s just the tip of the iceberg.
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