I’m a little lost on just what to do on this paper... No real ideas are coming to me yet. I do have a few thoughts which may or may not pertain to my future paper however.
Yes there are good teachers and there are bad teachers but I would say both are very rare. Teachers are humans and humans are never as black and white as the labels good and bad would imply. Humans like to nestle themselves in those happy little grey areas. Those areas were they say oh my I can’t smoke marijuana it’s against the law, but I can speed to work when I'm late despite it being illegal. A teacher is always the same way. Wow, I love how clearly Mr. Redford explains his assignments; I just hate how he doesn’t try to reach the kids who are lagging behind! This wouldn’t make Mr. Redford a bad teacher, but I don't think letting your struggling students fail makes you a good teacher either. It makes you a human teacher and through my experience you can’t ask anyone to be more than human. When you do come a crossed that superhuman great teacher pay attention, they are rare and they have the potential to change your life!
Josh,
ReplyDeleteThe point you make regarding teachers human nature is so true. We cant expect perfection from inperfect beings, all we can expect is effort.