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I am enjoying this book and agreeing with it (like "yes!", "write on"...laughing that Jesus wouldn't get hired because he was single...silly but prob would be true). There are some parts that uses particular language to describe leadersh...
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Teaching to Change Lives Part 4
In my previous blog I mentioned the first “law” of teaching, to get to know students on a personal basis. The second law of teaching is to teach with passion. Teaching with passion means that when you share with students a particular subject, you share something that is real for you, as much as possible. […]
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Teaching to Change Lives Part 3: Get To Know Your Students
There are certain “laws” that I think are indispensable to teach effectively and impact students’ lives. The first law is quite simple: get to know your students. Most of us teachers do fairly well in getting to know our students’ academic status but very few of us get know them as individuals. To impact students […]
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Teaching to Change Lives Part 2
The last week of school I passed around a journal and asked my students to write their thoughts about their school year. The results, which I will post here makes me realize that they changed a lot. This is why I teach. I teach to change lives. Quotes from Students About Our 2006-2007 Class(with minimum […]
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Politics in Education
The dictionary defines politics as “the assumptions or principles relating to or inherent in a sphere, theory, or thing, esp. when concerned with power and status in a society : the politics of gender”. It also defines “play politics” as “act for political or personal gain rather than from principle”. Unfortunately in education this is […]
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