Teaching 'meme'
Inspired by another blog I visit, called $trictly 4 my T.E.A.C.H.E.R.Z, this ‘teaching meme’ (whatever that means) is a cool form of self-reflection.
1. I am a good teacher because… I want to help my students get something from their English learning efforts, because I put effort into my lessons, because I feel elated when a lesson goes well and depressed when a lesson doesn’t hit the mark. I always want to do better.
2. If I weren’t a teacher, I would be… lost, to tell you the truth. I wouldn’t know what to be or do. I still dream of becoming a writer, but it took a lot of courage for me to change my life so much in becoming a teacher, to risk everything to become a writer, the effort it would take and the ever-present chance of failure… I’m not that brave.
3. My teaching style is… relaxed, happy-go-lucky, immature, entertaining, lacking substance, creative, committed, enjoyable, worthwhile, communicative, friendly.
4. My classroom is… a safe place where I hope learners can feel comfortable expressing themselves and growing as users of English
5. My lesson plans are… getting better. I like to do things a little ad hoc, but it always good to have the support of a sound lesson plan, even if you don’t stick to it.
6. One of my teaching goals is… to be remembered by my students, to always improve myself, and reach a professional teaching status where I feel comfortable in my abilities.
7. The toughest part of teaching is… the fear of failure. Teaching is a high pressured job and I take things that happen in the classroom personally. If things go wrong it’s not the students’ fault (well… not all the time;0) Learning how to switch off after class is something I can’t do, and I’m not sure that I want to… If I don’t feel the guilt of a failed lesson I think it would mean that teaching has become just a job.
8. The thing I love most about teaching is… it’s more than just a job. I can leave work sometimes and feel like I’ve made a difference to a person, or people… I couldn’t see myself in any other job where that would happen.
9. A common misconception about teaching is… if you only do 20hrs teaching, you only work for 20hrs… rubbish! It’s a full-time, tiring job.
10. The most important thing I’ve learned since I started teaching is… I will never be as good as I want to be.
That feels good… now I think that when I get one of those days when it all goes pear-shaped I can look at this ‘meme’ and remember the good things in my job!
Try it… post the link so we can all see.
;0)
1. I am a good teacher because… I want to help my students get something from their English learning efforts, because I put effort into my lessons, because I feel elated when a lesson goes well and depressed when a lesson doesn’t hit the mark. I always want to do better.
2. If I weren’t a teacher, I would be… lost, to tell you the truth. I wouldn’t know what to be or do. I still dream of becoming a writer, but it took a lot of courage for me to change my life so much in becoming a teacher, to risk everything to become a writer, the effort it would take and the ever-present chance of failure… I’m not that brave.
3. My teaching style is… relaxed, happy-go-lucky, immature, entertaining, lacking substance, creative, committed, enjoyable, worthwhile, communicative, friendly.
4. My classroom is… a safe place where I hope learners can feel comfortable expressing themselves and growing as users of English
5. My lesson plans are… getting better. I like to do things a little ad hoc, but it always good to have the support of a sound lesson plan, even if you don’t stick to it.
6. One of my teaching goals is… to be remembered by my students, to always improve myself, and reach a professional teaching status where I feel comfortable in my abilities.
7. The toughest part of teaching is… the fear of failure. Teaching is a high pressured job and I take things that happen in the classroom personally. If things go wrong it’s not the students’ fault (well… not all the time;0) Learning how to switch off after class is something I can’t do, and I’m not sure that I want to… If I don’t feel the guilt of a failed lesson I think it would mean that teaching has become just a job.
8. The thing I love most about teaching is… it’s more than just a job. I can leave work sometimes and feel like I’ve made a difference to a person, or people… I couldn’t see myself in any other job where that would happen.
9. A common misconception about teaching is… if you only do 20hrs teaching, you only work for 20hrs… rubbish! It’s a full-time, tiring job.
10. The most important thing I’ve learned since I started teaching is… I will never be as good as I want to be.
That feels good… now I think that when I get one of those days when it all goes pear-shaped I can look at this ‘meme’ and remember the good things in my job!
Try it… post the link so we can all see.
;0)