tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post9038243452202672697..comments2024-03-28T11:57:21.902-04:00Comments on CURMUDGUCATION: Resolve To BreathePeter Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16511193640285760299noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-60949845727652916282016-08-13T18:01:07.559-04:002016-08-13T18:01:07.559-04:00I had a colleague who would find out that a teache...I had a colleague who would find out that a teacher in another school in the district was two units ahead of her, and she would think she had to hurry and catch up, as if it were a race, to "cover" just as much material. I never understood that way of thinking.Rebecca deCocahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13168718846105012814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-25486460724275661562016-08-13T09:13:53.939-04:002016-08-13T09:13:53.939-04:00Exactly how I think. Well written.Exactly how I think. Well written.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03544213160574214282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-829380669821988192016-08-12T16:20:57.535-04:002016-08-12T16:20:57.535-04:00The nicest thing anyone ever told me about my teac...The nicest thing anyone ever told me about my teaching came from my college coordinator during an early phase of my student teaching to overage high school ESL learners. I remember precisely 42 years later: "Christine is not afraid to get lost with her class."<br /><br />One of the reasons I bitterly oppose the practice of posting daily objectives (the kind that begin SWBAT) is that it is deleterious to allowing the kids to have any input into what goes on in the classroom. Sure, you need to know where you want to take them but the sidetrips matter. If there's no time in your class to let life intrude, your kids won't bring stuff to you, and if they can't, you'll be less effective at teaching them. It's only authentic teaching and learning if there's a connection. <br /><br />Christine LanghofflaMissyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00516322307725011313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-46991500714357975782016-08-12T13:39:23.693-04:002016-08-12T13:39:23.693-04:00Peter-
I just started a book yesterday called Sca...Peter-<br /><br />I just started a book yesterday called Scarcity: Why Having So Little Means So Much. In the introduction the authors speak of poverty (financial scarcity) and being busy (time scarcity). The second of these seems to map well to this post of yours. Here are perhaps some relevant passages:<br /><br />"Scarcity captures the mind. Just as the starving subjects [conscientious objector volunteers during a WWII study] had food on their mind, when we experience scarcity of any kind, we become absorbed by it. The mind orients automatically, powerfully, toward unfulfilled needs."<br /><br />"They were focused on food. Of course if you are starving, getting more food should be a priority. But their minds focused in a way that transcended practical benefits. The delusions of starting a restaurant, comparing food prices, and researching cookbooks will not alleviate hunger. If anything, all this thinking about food—almost a fixation—surely heightened the pain of hunger."<br /><br />Maybe there's a vision/perspective you can take that would change your view about time as scarce? (Because it seems like that's a belief at some foundational level, one you must choose absent factual evidence one way or the other.) Maybe this book has a suggestion. I'm certainly not there yet.<br /><br />Best,<br />Jakob G.<br /><br />P.S. Conscientious Objectors are near and dear to my heart. My grandfather was one during WWII and he has some great stories in his letters to my grandmother. Their story, as a whole, hasn't been captured in mass media.gowelljahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11791123539053740700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-71136072358967243612016-08-12T10:39:58.380-04:002016-08-12T10:39:58.380-04:00Beautiful...Beautiful...Nadinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02082205234056564006noreply@blogger.com