Monday, October 6, 2008
Thing #5
Three Cheers for failure, a million cheers for honesty! When a student is not performing up to his or her potential how come the question is always asked of the teacher "What are you doing to help this student?" When is the question going to be asked to the student "What can you be doing to pass this class?" School life and real life are not the same, that is why so many students have a hard time in college or when they enter the workforce. Our younger generation is not being prepared for the type of situations that they are going to encounter. They have to find out the hard way that not everyone gets a trophy just for participating. Not everyone gets a promotion just because they show up to work everyday and they deserve it. Reality is harsh and the more we shelter our students from this truth the harder it is going to be on them.
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I agree with you Carlos! We are trying so hard to make a student feel worthwhile and capable, which we should indeed do, that we fail to let them know that they have missed the mark. If they don't realize that they have failed, how can they improve.
Thomas Edison said, "Many of life's failures are those who didn't know how close they were to success when they gave up."
But if they haven't even realized they have failed, how can they keep trying until they are successful.
Carla
http://symphonicsue.blogspot.com/
Preach on Brother Carlos, and Bobby agrees too! He also says thanks for beating the dog out of the Pie rats! Go Wranglers!!!!! We all still bleed orange over here.
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