You will make mistakes in front of your student
Yes, you will
Hide these, and you teach your student to hide
Use these, and you teach your student to learn from mistakes
If you believe that as a teacher you should make no mistakes, your choices are either to make none or to hide those you make. The [...]
You are a bridge
If you cannot see both sides
You will fall short
To teach well, remember your past.
You are the bridge from your own teachers to the students in front of you. It is your job to introduce the teachings of the past to minds of the present, to help both sides meet through your vision.
To [...]
When you stand before the student
you take on an ancient role
and a sacred duty
When you teach, you accept an ancient and sacred responsibility. You stand with the likes of Socrates and Mother Terresa.
You also stand with the screaming parent down the hall, and the high school principal who would rather see anything other than [...]
Teaching is not about you
and yet it very much is
Your duty is to pass on your knowledge to the student, not to impress the student with your knowledge.
As Teacher, you must take the stage to teach. When instead you take the stage to be admired, you get in the way of your teaching and [...]
There are good scripts for teaching
Collect many
Throw some away
I know a brilliant artist who one day presented slides of his work to a room full of aspiring artists. With each amazing, vibrant work he showed he told us again how his work was lacking.
The quality of his art gave his voice power, and with [...]
Do you wish to be heard?
First teach your students to listen
To be heard by your students, you must first teach them to listen.
Start by listening yourself. Listen deeply.
Listen to the way they speak, the way they hold themselves, the way they breathe. If you listen well, your students will tell you everything you [...]
Teaching is all about
tossing out clues
and hoping your student
trips over one or two
You cannot force a student to learn. You cannot insert knowledge or skills into your student.
As a teacher all you can do is set up clues for them to find. You can offer your vision and hope they will make the [...]
Not all teachers know they are teachers.
You Teach.
Someone, somewhere learns from you.
You teach children to read. You teach adults to swim. You teach IT. You teach religion. You teach physics. You teach your toddler to eat and walk and talk. You teach women to defend themselves against violence. You teach your employees to make cappuccinos. [...]
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