TIP 11
Don’t Become a Stagnant Pool
“Learning is the only thing the mind never exhausts, never fears, and never regrets.”
~Leonardo da Vinci
I was sitting in one of my college classes when my professor said something in passing that was so profound I’ve never forgotten it. He said, “I would rather my students drink from a running stream than a stagnant pool.” I later learned he was quoting Dr. Howard Hendricks (Teaching to Change Lives: Seven Proven Ways to Make Your Teaching Come Alive), words that resonated strongly—so strongly that they influence me to this day.
Are you still learning and growing as a person? If you want to be constantly and consistently inspired, and have the ability to inspire others, you must be taking in far more than
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You don’t have to be reading books necessarily, but make sure you’re taking in as much new information as you can each day. High-quality blogs are a viable option. • Get to know people. Want fresh ideas? Well, ideas come from people, so it stands to reason that more people you meet, the more ideas you’ll come into contact with. • Challenge yourself. If your life is too easy you run great risk of growing stagnant. Push your old, worn ideas out by pushing your boundaries. • Think like a teacher. One of the best ways to learn something new is to be required to teach it to someone else. It forces you to internalize and distill new information quickly. • Take a break. It’s always possible you’re pushing too hard. No matter who you are, you can only work so long and contain so much. Make sure you’re taking regular time off from work and …show more content…
Let 's also say that you have absolutely zero guitar playing experience and no musical knowledge of which to speak. Typically, the best course of action would be to find a professional guitar teacher and pay them for private lessons. You 'd tell them your goal and it would be their job to take you from zero to guitar hero. I guaranteed they wouldn 't start by pulling out the sheet music for Dust in the Wind and say, "Okay, here 's how you play it." No, they 'd probably start with information that has almost no relationship to the song you want to play itself—things like the names of guitar parts, how to tune the strings, how to care for your guitar. From there they would start teaching you some basics such as how to read music, how to strum and pick, and how to finger chords. From there they would build upon that knowledge step by step until you could eventually play the
My family has a saying that we all use religiously “FITFO” it stands for Figure it the F*** Out. You don’t, or at least shouldn’t, have to be told how to do everything. Be responsible for your own skills and abilities. It’s like they say about learning a language, “you learn it best by submission”. You pick up all the slang and different accents by hearing the language spoken, not in the classroom. Same in many aspects of life. You may learn generalizations about some things from being taught, but the best wat to really learn all of the small things and specific details is by going out and doing
So many people have ideas of things they want to do, whether they be business-related, something that scares them or even just asking someone else out on a date. Everyone has ideas about how they want to live their lives, but most people never wind up following through. They are so afraid of failure or of looking bad that they run from any kind of challenge. Then later in life, when they realize that they had all these opportunities and never took ad...
Back in high school I would learn the material in class and wing it the next day. The amount of reading material is very
Is learning to play the guitar on your bucket list? Well, it's time to check it off. With the right techniques you can be rocking out in no time.
Step one, discover who you truly are, which may take a lifetime. Step two, expression allows one to voice their opinions on life experiences. Step three, forgive and forget the things you have been dwelling on from your past. Your experiences may affect doing what you love as you’ll probably realize you fear those moments the most. Lastly, step four do what you love and allow yourself to hold onto your passions, in order to compose a sense of livelihood in addition to a profession. Before we have a positive attitude towards life, we must discover our inner self.
One thing I never truly did was experience change. I never knew what real sacrifices were, and I was never realistic with myself. I had dreams and ambitions, and for a while after trying to cram other things into that diamond-shaped hole in my heart, I had built new ambitions and dreams. I became more real with not only myself, but everyone around me. I planned a future out that involved a family and children, a future of success. My future had finally become something I was prepared for, even if I was still unsure of what was to come. I not only matured and found more of who I am as a person, but I became a
Many of my instructors, such as a high school teacher I had for both honors Chemistry and Physics reminded me of the teacher from the television show, Charlie Brown, simply droning on with no discernable enthusiasm or interest in the subject. These teachers taught classes that I invariably found “unbearable” as there was no thinking or experimentation required on my part. However the classes I excelled in always brought new variables to the table, and combined with an interesting subject invariably held my attention for the semester and beyond. Two instructors come to mind from my 15 years of education, and both due to the different, and often interesting approaches they took to
My philosophy of teaching continues to evolve as I discover new methods of instruction that allow me to create a learner-centered classroom that encourages personal growth and high self-efficacy. It is my belief that every student has the ability to reach his or her full potential. Furthermore, every student deserves quality instruction in an inclusive learning environment.
My interest in teaching started at a young age. I used to watch my teachers in awe as they were able to find new ways to get their students involved and excited to learn. Their enthusiasm to teach was so inspiring. I would often find myself using that same fervor as I grasped each concept. I, then, was able to relay it to my fellow classmates as a peer tutor. To this day, becoming a teacher is a passion that flows through me. However, my enthusiasm and passion are not the only reasons I would be a good teacher. I aspire to see a student’s ability to grasp the knowledge they never before understood. I aspire to see a student succeed at something they never thought they ever could. I aspire to not only support students with academic skills, but also with life lessons about the value of community, pride in one’s own ethnicity, good citizenship, sportsmanship, and more. I aspire to play a fundamental role in ensuring that all students from all cultures and learning abilities have the opportunity to be guided in a positive learning
Stop telling yourself that you will do something when you have enough money or time. Those are excuses NOT to reinvent yourself into someone you want to be. We all have enough time to do what we really want to commit ourselves to doing. We find the time. And when it comes to money, you may not have enough money in the bank to become you want to become, but you can develop the resources to get enough money in the bank to become you want to become. It 's time that we ditch the mentality that we don 't have enough. Instead of making excuses, you need to start doing what you need to do to reinvent yourself into who you want to be.
By seeking and sharing knowledge. There is something to be said about being active and a continuous learner. However, what good is it by growing smarter if you
...sionate professors who helped shape the type of teacher I would like to be. They found ways to talk to me in a manner that motivated me to want to improve, all while honoring the work that I have already done. I would like to bring this same moral into my classroom, when a child is motivated, passionate,and self-aware of their needs, strengths, and weaknesses, they can and will push themselves to improve. Students do not solely care about how much knowledge an educator has, but they care about how much these educators truly care. We shouldn't judge a person on how educated they are based only on test scores. The most educated person may not be the most suitable person to teach children. I may lack the test scores, however, I do not lack the passion and motivation needed to be a great teacher. If we cannot celebrate small successes, the final outcome is less weighted.
In today’s classroom, the teacher is no longer viewed as the sole custodian of knowledge. The role of a teacher has evolved into being amongst one of the sources of information allowing students to become active learners, whilst developing and widening their skills. Needless to say, learning has no borders – even for the teacher. One of the strongest beliefs which I cling to with regards to teaching is that, teaching never stops and a teacher must always possess the same eagerness as a student. Through several interactions with other teachers, I always strive for new ideas, techniques, teaching styles and strategies that I might add to my pedagogical knowledge. Furthermore, through personal reflection, feedback and evaluation...
In the contemporary era, if you don’t have any desire or need for information, there will be no good future for you. Life is very much pre-determined. Books not only increase your intellect but also influence your reading and writing skills. Books can be read again and again as they are the most credible and precious media of mass communication.
In this course I experienced an important change in my beliefs about teaching; I came to understand that there are many different theories and methods that can be tailored to suit the teacher and the needs of the student. The readings, especially those from Lyons, G., Ford, M., & Arthur-Kelly, M. (2011), Groundwater-Smith, S., Ewing, R., & Le Cornu, R. (2007), and Whitton, D., Barker, K., Nosworthy, M., Sinclair, C., Nanlohy, P. (2010), have helped me to understand this in particular. In composing my essay about teaching methods and other themes, my learning was solidified, my knowledge deepened by my research and my writing skills honed.