Well, how does this apply to teaching? What if every teacher went into their first classroom with the idea that teaching would only work if there were two criteria: bright and eager students and perfect, well-stocked classrooms. Again, many teachers are lucky if they even have one of these things, let alone both. So what do they do? They do their best and they work with what they have to try and find the best results possible.
Yes, it's good to go into things with high expectations. But, at some point, reality has to set in. Teachers, if they are truly passionate about their jobs, make the very best of the situation that they are given and try and make learning happen.
Hi Emily!
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed reading your blog entry about our student population and the diversity of learning that they bring to our classrooms. Certainly this is very true and I think that it may even be 'boring' to a point if the criteria that you speak of "bright and eager" were the case for every student. After all, don't we learn and grow professionally as better educators when we face more challenging situations? In this case, students that present different learning attitudes...
I agree with your thinking that the idea of interior design Susanka talks about seems to take place in a vacuum where there are no costs or considerations for reality. The idea of actually making it happen is what most teachers focus on as we know what kind of students we have in our classroom and we work as best we can with them.
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