Our job as teachers has changed. The fact based curriculum is dead. Facts come easy. I mean just ask Siri or look on google. Our job is now to inspire. To inspire new perspectives, to uncover your unknown and open the gateway to a world of discovery. Show the class that now everything is as Read more about The Role of The Teacher[…]
Gavin McCormack posted the following 10 statements that children would love to express to adults if they could: 1. Show me how to do it please, show me how to behave, how to be fair and how to be a good person. I learn by seeing it first hand, I’ll copy you. 2. Please show Read more about 10 Statements Children Would Love to Express to Adults[…]
Strati Georgopoulos posted the following advice for a wonderful, fulfilling life: Save money every week! It doesn’t matter how much! Just save! Listen to your parents’ advice … at the end of the day they are the only ones who want the best for you. Choose your friends wisely as you are the product of Read more about Great Advice For Life[…]
Allie Kohn posted an article on LinkedIn about how research shows that homework has not ever been beneficial in the elementary school. In fact, there isn’t even a positive correlation between, on the one hand, having younger children do some homework (vs. None) or more (vs. Less), and, on the other hand, any measure of Read more about Homework Is Not Beneficial[…]
Vijay Shetty posted the following reasons why teaching is the best profession in the world: 1. The potential to transform lives. 2. It gives you the chance to be continuously creative. 3. It offers you a chance to continuously get better. 4. It is a grounding, humbling profession. 5. There is always satisfaction somewhere. 6. Read more about 7 Reasons Why Teaching Is The Best Job In The World[…]
Gavin McCormak sent me the following thoughts about the importance to let go when you are a classroom teacher. He cautioned that we should not try to control the outcome of each lesson and magic will happen. Feel free to say ‘yes!’ Yes to everything. (Within reason) McCormak had taught a lesson on biomes to Read more about It’s Important to Let Go[…]
J. C. Maxwell, in a Minute With Maxwell’s video on YouTube spoke about how important it is to be a River in other people’s lives. He says that a river is where the water flows. It has boundaries and banks and by the way, those boundaries and banks allow that water to go where its Read more about Be A River In People’s Lives[…]
Today we are in a town called Leesberg near Orlando. We are saddened by the loss of our dear sister, Jackie. It was an amazing day of reminiscing and loving, hugging and reuniting with friends and family! Unfortunately, sometimes it takes a loss to bring family together! Our sister Jackie was an amazingly loving, humble Read more about Losing a Loved One[…]
In one of his posts on LinkedIn, Gavin McCormack stated that, “By allowing your child to pack and carry their own bag to school, you are teaching them about responsibility, independence and self-regulation.” Giving our children responsibilities such as packing their bags helps them learn to prioritize what they do or don’t need to bring Read more about Give Your Child Responsibilities[…]
This morning I watched Maya Angelou speak about “Love Liberates” on You-Tube. She said at 17 years of age, after she had a son, she told her mother she was leaving home. Her mother just said, “Do right. And remember you can always come home.” Angelou said her mother liberated her to life. That is Read more about Love Liberates[…]