Picked up my certified teacher contract from the district today. Now, all I have to do is sign it. Things just got real. I’m now a certified 6th grade dual language teacher. Eeekk!! I’m nervous, but excited. I’m looking forward to working with teachers who know the meaning of a true, authentic, and non-standardized education and work hard to provide that type of education to their students.
In my school, we sign a book that is a “rights and responsibilities” form that lays out exactly what we are allowed to say, do, and wear. Many students in this school do not read this book, as it is rather boring and has the same information every year. The parents also have…
Happy Monday! Let’s get out there and inspire our students!!
If we begin to talk about education as a life process, as a natural part of human nature then we begin to move beyond the narrow standardized ideas of the industrial model and reach towards a education where people matter not as numbers, but as unique humans who are on the path of life that leads to learning and growth.
- David Loitz, Imagining Learning Seed Steward
Education as a Essential Gesture of Human Existence
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