You ask some tough questions. There are systemic pressures that would allow many teachers to justify answers that you and I might not think much of... And yet, deep down, I would suggest that all teachers know which answers will lead us to a preferred future.
If you want an honest answer I have one for you. I am a teacher who is looking for job security, I want to feel secure and trusted in my classroom, where my principals and parents know I am doing the best to help facilitate the learning of the students in that environment. I am a teacher who could sometimes care too much about the success of my students because sometimes I get lost in the world of marks. I am a teacher who is finding my footing and my passion that led me to enter into this field in the first place. I want to engage children, not beat them down, I want to have dialogues with my students not monologues. I am a teacher who is seeking balance, but feels a great pressure to conform to the restraints of the people in charge because my job is not secure. I am a teacher that questions learning, not my students because I trust that they are learning in my classroom, but why concepts need to be learned. I question tests and their validity, because what are they really showing? In my classroom I am always imparting knowledge and learning new ideas and I hope my students are doing the same. I didn't watch your video, but I gave you a raw answer to a raw question. So what kind of teacher are you? And what kind of teacher do you want to be?
You ask some tough questions. There are systemic pressures that would allow many teachers to justify answers that you and I might not think much of... And yet, deep down, I would suggest that all teachers know which answers will lead us to a preferred future.
ReplyDeleteIf you want an honest answer I have one for you. I am a teacher who is looking for job security, I want to feel secure and trusted in my classroom, where my principals and parents know I am doing the best to help facilitate the learning of the students in that environment. I am a teacher who could sometimes care too much about the success of my students because sometimes I get lost in the world of marks. I am a teacher who is finding my footing and my passion that led me to enter into this field in the first place. I want to engage children, not beat them down, I want to have dialogues with my students not monologues.
ReplyDeleteI am a teacher who is seeking balance, but feels a great pressure to conform to the restraints of the people in charge because my job is not secure.
I am a teacher that questions learning, not my students because I trust that they are learning in my classroom, but why concepts need to be learned. I question tests and their validity, because what are they really showing?
In my classroom I am always imparting knowledge and learning new ideas and I hope my students are doing the same.
I didn't watch your video, but I gave you a raw answer to a raw question. So what kind of teacher are you? And what kind of teacher do you want to be?