In November, I was very focused on house hunting and felt that I was moving away from education in the blog... so I split into two blogs. This one was to remain focused on education and the other was more focused on personal things. What they evolved into was something that was only partially satisfying.
For me, being a teacher involves my personal life. They overlap. My students have gotten the blow by blow story of house buying through my my purchase. It came as quite a shock that buying a house is not like buying a lamp or a car - one cannot walk in with a check and walk out with the keys, at least not if the buyer is an average citizen. My students remembered that I participate in Bloomsday (49 days to go!) and am some sort of marathan walker. Not really, but the fact that I would purposely walk 7.5 miles for an ugly T-shirt is something really intersting. At the same time, I can tell you who made their own prom dress and which kid will probably give you their really cool artwork to hang up in the class. The personal connection builds into trust, and in turn, builds into learning. Without it, the teacher is just another adult talking at them.
As a result of all of this serious pondering, I recombined the two blogs back into one. Like it or not, this me.
For me, being a teacher involves my personal life. They overlap. My students have gotten the blow by blow story of house buying through my my purchase. It came as quite a shock that buying a house is not like buying a lamp or a car - one cannot walk in with a check and walk out with the keys, at least not if the buyer is an average citizen. My students remembered that I participate in Bloomsday (49 days to go!) and am some sort of marathan walker. Not really, but the fact that I would purposely walk 7.5 miles for an ugly T-shirt is something really intersting. At the same time, I can tell you who made their own prom dress and which kid will probably give you their really cool artwork to hang up in the class. The personal connection builds into trust, and in turn, builds into learning. Without it, the teacher is just another adult talking at them.
As a result of all of this serious pondering, I recombined the two blogs back into one. Like it or not, this me.
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