Final reading reflection!

 The time has come for my final reflection on the last lecture.  This book was very good. I highly recommend it for anyone who wants a different perspective on life .  While reading I had a few questions that came to my head that I wish to propose to my mentor team. The questions are as follows:

 1.)Do you think as teachers we should let our students have dreams? If so, should there be some confinement of logic you should guide them with? 

2.) Are there nitpicky things that you have ever gotten hung up on in the classroom? What did it take for you to realize your frustration was silly and you should just let it go? 

3.) Would it be okay to make a deal with your students if it meant reducing conflict? Just as Randy did with leaning back on the chair at his moms house. 

4.) When things get tough, how do you move forward and avoid complaining about it? 

5.)"Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted."  What does that mean to you? 

6.) Would you b willing to put your career on the line if you knew a student was in the right and your higher up was in the wrong?

7.) Do you think it's  good to teach simple social skills subtly to your students? For instance, teaching them how to apologize properly?

8.) How have you helped students to conquer brick walls? How have you yourself conquered them?

 One thing that stuck out to me was when my mentor Matt Eddy said in response to question five that this isn't like any other job, in that the technical aspect is minor compared to experience, as there will always be new situations.

 At the very end of Matt's response he said something that really stuck with me, that the beauty of this gig is you almost always have another chance tomorrow.


I hope that the questions proposed allowed for people to reflect on what they have read, and that the questions might promote inward thought even without the context of the novel.  My blog is open to comments and whoever wants to discuss further please feel free to leave one!

I hope to one day apply what I have learned from this text to my classroom, and to utilize a growth mindset.  Alongside the characteristics of effective teaching, I hope to help myself and my students achieve the best we can together in our program.