Quality Versus Quantity...
Far too often, I’ve caught myself wrapped up feeling the undeniable pressure of trying to teach my students every single learning objective and skill they need to...
pass the next test...
pass my class...
pass the state tests...
graduate...
end up becoming successful...
contributing members of society.
I despise the days when the bell rings, the period is over, and I know I rushed through yet another lesson in an attempt to teach quantity over quality. I’m stricken with the guilt of knowing that I’m the one to blame for wasting a period and not the usual couple of culprit students for being off task and attempting to cause a ruckus to avoid learning. I know I need to admit to myself that I attempted to rush my students to reach a new level of understanding without giving them the scaffolding and framework they needed to truly get there. Those are the days when I feel I am my own worst enemy when it comes to teaching.
