Comments on: On needing permission to be tired http://blog.melchua.com/2008/12/08/on-needing-permission-to-be-tired/ Braindumps on things Mel Chua has found shiny lately. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:06:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: 5-ee http://blog.melchua.com/2008/12/08/on-needing-permission-to-be-tired/comment-page-1/#comment-1448 5-ee Sun, 14 Dec 2008 17:11:43 +0000 http://blog.melchua.com/2008/12/08/on-needing-permission-to-be-tired/#comment-1448 Every teacher has the permission to feel tired and to just chill out EVERYDAY. From time to time, one might find oneself wallowing in the puddle of feeling under-appreciated. This is also nothing unusual (goes for mothers too). What one needs to remember as a teacher is that we are also constantly learning and re-learning, growing and developing. It is unending. Teaching is a field that is evolving and not written in stone. Teaching is an art and a science, and we often enter the field wearing one of these two lenses. Over time and many many mistakes and successes, we find ourselves becoming really good at using the lens with which we wore when we entered teaching, and we also begin feeling inadequate. Hence, the need for the other lens. I entered the doors of teaching wearing the ART lens, and over time, I learned to recognize and appreciate the SCIENCE of teaching. This does not really alleviate exhaustion, and might actually pile more weight on top of what we already bear. BUT, and there is a BUT: We always get ourselves off that couch and return to the classroom, energized by our own deep-seated interest to learn and act upon our own curiosity and interests, and to share/communicate the joy of learning we feel with others. How one shares and communicates with others entails both art and science knowledge, but the energy and joy is definitely powered by our love for the art of teaching. At least, that is how it works for me. Every teacher has the permission to feel tired and to just chill out EVERYDAY. From time to time, one might find oneself wallowing in the puddle of feeling under-appreciated. This is also nothing unusual (goes for mothers too). What one needs to remember as a teacher is that we are also constantly learning and re-learning, growing and developing. It is unending. Teaching is a field that is evolving and not written in stone. Teaching is an art and a science, and we often enter the field wearing one of these two lenses. Over time and many many mistakes and successes, we find ourselves becoming really good at using the lens with which we wore when we entered teaching, and we also begin feeling inadequate. Hence, the need for the other lens. I entered the doors of teaching wearing the ART lens, and over time, I learned to recognize and appreciate the SCIENCE of teaching. This does not really alleviate exhaustion, and might actually pile more weight on top of what we already bear. BUT, and there is a BUT: We always get ourselves off that couch and return to the classroom, energized by our own deep-seated interest to learn and act upon our own curiosity and interests, and to share/communicate the joy of learning we feel with others. How one shares and communicates with others entails both art and science knowledge, but the energy and joy is definitely powered by our love for the art of teaching. At least, that is how it works for me.

]]> By: Ian Bicking http://blog.melchua.com/2008/12/08/on-needing-permission-to-be-tired/comment-page-1/#comment-1433 Ian Bicking Wed, 10 Dec 2008 04:27:24 +0000 http://blog.melchua.com/2008/12/08/on-needing-permission-to-be-tired/#comment-1433 I was sharing the Wade Davis quote with another friend, who reacted to "Other cultures are not failed attempts at being you; they are unique manifestations of the human spirit." with "sadly, it applies (maybe mostly) to my relationship with myself" She was a little despondent, but I thought it was an interesting way to look at it. I was sharing the Wade Davis quote with another friend, who reacted to “Other cultures are not failed attempts at being you; they are unique manifestations of the human spirit.” with “sadly, it applies (maybe mostly) to my relationship with myself”

She was a little despondent, but I thought it was an interesting way to look at it.

]]> By: Chris http://blog.melchua.com/2008/12/08/on-needing-permission-to-be-tired/comment-page-1/#comment-1422 Chris Tue, 09 Dec 2008 13:38:46 +0000 http://blog.melchua.com/2008/12/08/on-needing-permission-to-be-tired/#comment-1422 Thanks for reading, and for sharing. Chris Thanks for reading, and for sharing.

Chris

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