CTE New Teacher Institute Forum: January 28th - February 3rd-- Of everything you did last week as a teacher, what would you do differently? Why?

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Thursday, January 31, 2008

January 28th - February 3rd-- Of everything you did last week as a teacher, what would you do differently? Why?

I don't really know. I had a lot going on in the last week, almost so much that I didn't really have time to notice if I did anything wrong or regretful. I guess one thing I should have done was informed the principal that the students should be moved to the football stadium instead of the same building the gas leak was in. I assume it wasnt my place to take such matters into my own hands, but who knows? I guess I would have also been a little harder on my students, they seemed to have gotten a little soft on me this week. Im sure I could go on and on about what all I could change about last week but whats done is done and the only thing left is consequences to deal with now. The best part about it all is that if I did make mistakes or feel that I should have changed something, I will learn from it.

2 comments:

Jessie H said...: You're right. I think we do learn more from our "mistakes" than our successes. Maybe we shouldn't call them 'mistakes' since they are really successes in progress. It's all in one's perspective, aye?; January 31, 2008 at 5:08:00 PM EST
Connie said...: Hi Shane,
Yes, we learn from our mistakes. I love Jessie's comment! Our mistakes are really successes in progress. I am going to try to always remember that. I tend to beat myself up when I make a mistake. But if I can just focus on that mistake as a "success in progess" then the negative can be turned into a positive.

Thanks Jessie for saying that! Yes, it is all in one's perspective!; January 31, 2008 at 7:33:00 PM EST