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Was it? Regularly, kids don't respond to a lesson or a project the way you expect, but that doesn’t make it a failure. Remember the hundreds of experiments Thomas Edison made before success with the light bulb? Teaching is like that. You have to experiment a lot before you start get it right. A LOT. Not only that, but often, those “failed” lessons only need to be tweaked a little to become successes. You'd be surprised! If you journal about your teaching, your expertise will develop all the more quickly. You can journal in your lesson planner or in a separate notebook. But when you journal, be sure to do these two things: 1) Take down short but specific notes on what worked and what didn't that very same day. Clear and specific information is much more useful than vague memories. 2) At a quiet time when you're at your creative best, an go back and brainstorm solutions. Start with small changes, and build from there. Remember, all you need is a few short but specific notes beside your lessons in your planner. Those will prove invaluable to you and to your kids! |
“Today was a big failure.”