This quote hit home a little for this week. After the grueling week last week, I did some soul searching and found that if I fail at one thing that's better than not trying at all. I feel like as teachers and adults we are often times to hard on ourselves. Lets face it, we can only do the best we can. If the students don't want to learn it then that's on them. "You can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink." We just have to keep our heads high and know that we are reaching students who care and are preparing for a bright future. As I tell them, I hope you are getting this so I can some day retire.
Friday, October 10, 2014
"You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try."
This quote hit home a little for this week. After the grueling week last week, I did some soul searching and found that if I fail at one thing that's better than not trying at all. I feel like as teachers and adults we are often times to hard on ourselves. Lets face it, we can only do the best we can. If the students don't want to learn it then that's on them. "You can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink." We just have to keep our heads high and know that we are reaching students who care and are preparing for a bright future. As I tell them, I hope you are getting this so I can some day retire.
This quote hit home a little for this week. After the grueling week last week, I did some soul searching and found that if I fail at one thing that's better than not trying at all. I feel like as teachers and adults we are often times to hard on ourselves. Lets face it, we can only do the best we can. If the students don't want to learn it then that's on them. "You can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink." We just have to keep our heads high and know that we are reaching students who care and are preparing for a bright future. As I tell them, I hope you are getting this so I can some day retire.
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I agree with you, "You can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink." I think that the age of the students being hungry for knowledge is over. We are living and working during a transformational era. The students today are so overwhelmingly bombarded with information that it’s hard for them to remain focused on any subject area for any period of time. The NTI strategies that we learned this summer have helped me better serve my students. I often wonder where are we headed as a social full of kids “connected” but “can’t be connected to.”
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