Tuesday, April 8, 2008

Make Every Minute Count

I am so glad she touched on this! All too often, teachers get caught up in staying late and working toward the assessment that we lose sight of the fun in teaching. I think it is vital in building a classroom community, for our students to see us as people, doing things outside of school. Giving them insight into our lives outside of school, lets the kids see that we are people with interests that we can write about. Finally, someone acknowledges that our entire lives are not just tests and meetings!

3 comments:

Travelin' Tim said...

AMEN!

Mindy Wills said...

I found this chapter very empowering!
It was so great to actually have it stated in a book that yes, we do need to make very minute count, but not at the expense of sacrificing our personal lives. As Regie stated, "Take time to see the light!"

Vicky Richardson said...

It is easy to say we need to take time for ourselves, but it is much more difficult to actually follow through with that promise you make with yourself. Here's to the "seeing the light!"