| Educators take something simple and make it complicated. Communicators take something complicated and make it simple.” |
I had LONG office hours today and had a steady stream of students stop by. Actually, I was invigorated by it. Each person's needs were a bit different. With one, we discussed leadership development and together looked up John C Maxwell quotes on the internet. BEING a COMMUNICATIONS teacher, you've got to know I loved the one I've just copied and pasted for you.
When I showed this to another student, you could tell "he didn't get it." He was thinking way too literally.
Oh, as I walked this morning, I thanked God for a skill He'd allowed me to develop that I hadn't even known was special. After l I got here I found out how hard it is for people who haven't been taught critical thinking skills all their lives like I have to develop them (especially with the time we have together). What a privilege has been mine to get the education that I have.
SEVEN weeks seems LONG when you are in the middle of it! And yet in teaching it's a blip on the radar screen. I now know and love my students and think it's mutual. I'll be sad to leave them!
Critical thinking--yes you are blessed to have been taught it through your family, education and sheer talent.
ReplyDeleteLove, NB