Saturday, November 10, 2012

My Teaching Fixes

By fix, I mean something that I absolutely must have, but that isn't, strictly speaking, good for me. For example, I have to get my bagel fix once a week, and I don't mean just any bagel, I mean Montreal-style bagels.

If you have tried a real Montreal bagel, you know what I mean. If you haven't, well, you might be able to live a relatively happy life, I don't know, with support from your family and all. Or you could come to Montreal.

The thing is, it's an indulgence, especially the slabs of cream cheese....but I do indulge once in a while because it seems to quiet that inner bagel monster long enough so I can get on with my life. So.....

What are my fixes as a teacher?

Well, there are things that I need that I probably shouldn't. Somehow these things make me feel like I'm doing a good job, and I know, that's really about me, not my students, I get it. But maybe if I acknowledge it, give into it just a little, like that bagel, I can control it....

  • I need to make my students laugh.
  • I need to be creative.
  • I need to EXPLAIN SOMETHING TO SOMEONE.
  • I need to witness the moment when something clicks in a student's head, that "OHHHHH I get it now!"
  • I need someone to say to me "Audrey you are doing a phenomenal job." And that someone can be me, that's not a problem. It usually is.
  • I need their marks to be high THERE I'VE SAID IT!
  • I need a bagel. Oh sorry. Already covered that. With a metric ton of cream cheese.

5 comments:

  1. Gotta say, as a student, that if you, as a teacher, don't crave most of the things on the above list, then something is wrong with you.

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    1. Well, except maybe for those bagels... :P

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    2. haha Jonathan, you know what I'm talking about re the bagels, I know! And about the teaching, yes, if I didn't want those things I would certainly have chosen the wrong profession! I hope things are going well at Vanier ( I hope I remember correctly!)

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    3. Jonathan! Great to hear from you! I couldn't agree with you more. This is part of the deal for any good teacher.

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    4. Bit late responding to this, but yes, things are going well, and yes, you do remember correctly. :)

      Am I the only one who finds these captchas to be almost impossible? Man, it takes me like five tries to get them right...

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