Seeing Beyond the Negative: It’s Better Than You Think
“Dwelling on the negative simply contributes to its power.” ~Shirley MacLaine
When I first started teaching, I was really ambitious. I took a line from the Pokemon theme song to heart, “I want to be the very best, like no one ever was!”
I had the dream, but the fortitude wasn’t quite there yet.
An early mistake I made was how I measured my success: class participation.
The concept isn’t bad in itself, but the problem was my idea of class participation. To me, it meant one, all eyes were focused to the front; two, students would be highly engaged …
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