Reality & Repercussions of Unpredictable Moments in our Classrooms...
Fellow teachers, let’s take a few moments and be completely honest with ourselves. We can’t control the random and insane situations we find ourselves in each and every day teaching our crazy, but oh so lovable, hooligans. We can’t control the ridiculously entertaining and sometimes frightening curiosity driven blurt outs, comments, observations, or questions our students asks us day in and day out throughout the school year.
At the end of the day, the reality is the only thing we can control is how we react to the often times unfiltered thoughts of our students. Do we choose to...
humiliate them further?
allow their interruption to detract us from our lesson?
ignore them?
give them the time to be heard?
take the time to answer their questions?
turn their contribution into a teachable moment?
Life is full of unpredictable moments and chances. Our love for teaching and our students is undeniably infinite or we wouldn’t keep on teaching. Grace under any circumstance is a reality we can choose to live by. Cheers to taking control and doing our best to handle those insanely unpredictable moments with as much grace as humanly possible. Take a few moments to relax and enjoy your tea. You deserve it.
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