This site is a class blog space for new Career and Technical Specializations and Heathcare Science teachers enrolled in the New Teacher Institute (NTI) at Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia.
Thursday, April 15, 2010
First Impressions
We have all discussed about how important first impressions are. I must admit that is where I get my assumptions on people from. Since we were little we have all heard the saying "Dont judge a book by its cover", but do we all really follow that saying? I know personally I don't always, although I should. I judged some of my students on the first few days of class. I would say to myself, I'm going to have trouble out of that one, or this is going to be a great student, but only to my suprise was I ever wring! My students also made assumptions about me as well. They were uspest the old teacher was leaving and I was coming. Between their assumptions and mine we had a rough first couple of days. Thank goondness all that has changed now though. I have gotten to know the true students that I teach and hopefully they have gotten to know the true me!
I agree. Assumptions are the mother of all mess ups. I judge many books by their covers when I started teaching. I have since learned (1)They will only know if you teach them (2) they can't learn if they don't try. I used to show them everything and let them physically do nothing because I was afraid to waste material, a major no-no on the job site. But now if they waste materials because of errors, it's all in part of the learniong process.
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