Tag: teacher
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Everyone Has a Pen
I visited an art gallery a few months back. The owner was such a nice guy – showing us all of his work. Of course – he was willing to show his work so that we can buy something. He was a photographer and had some stunning images of the…
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The Value of a Bad Grade
I was reflecting on a particular paper that I wrote in high school. I remember the topic and my grade, but this one paper really opened my mind to a whole new way of thinking. The topic is irrelevant. The main idea is that my teacher that was grading the…
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A Subjective Job
I heard someone talk about this today. I don’t know that they would call it this, but I thought it was a great identity insight in light of the job that you do. The way that they described a Subjective Job is that it is a job where you people…
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I Learn Best
……when I teach. You teachers know what I am talking about. If you have never taught before, you will realize that the best way to learn is to teach. I’m not saying anything new. There have been many people out there that have written about this, and I absolutely love…
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What Teachers Do
I have been teaching for a few years now. It has been the most interesting and funny enough – educational time in my life. I’ve spent most of my life in school. I was thinking about What Teachers Do, and there are so many things that teachers do. But the…
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Your Dumb Teacher
…….might have given you a label that some lazy teacher gives them. It happens all the time – a lazy teacher who doesn’t know how to care for a child will label him and get him out of her class – because teaching for her is a job and not…
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More Grace
As a teacher and eternal student, I have been in a context where it’s all about more knowledge, more information, more research – just more data. Well, I guess it’s also getting A’s and more advance degrees. It’s built into my life. I have a doctorate in education. It’s my…
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Thoughts About a Life Coach
Every ounce of my being thinks it is the stupidest idea to have a Life Coach. Who needs a Life Coach? It’s a scam. People are just preying on the innocent and the insecure to make a buck. Why would anyone need a Life Coach? Now if you believe in…
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Teaching Magic
I’m sitting at a Starbucks. Right in front of me is a student and teacher. It’s private tutoring or something. It’s pretty clear though that one is teach and one is learning. It’s such a great sight to behold. You can see it in the body language – in the…
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The Web Makes Everyone a….
…Photographer. Most mobile phones have a camera on them. It’s not that hard to share those photos with the world thru Flickr or Picasa. Everyone’s a Photographer. …Publisher. I heard someone say this morning that there are an infinite number of blogs out there. You can do so for free.…
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Failure as an Option
When you spend over a decade in school and some of us a few more years in college, we are taught one thing – that failure is not an option. In fact, we’re taught that you are a failure if you fail. Some of US learn that an A is…
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Smell Like Jesus Award
Years ago – my good friend Scott Reitz gave away the “Smell Like Jesus Award.” The tagline was – “You got the towel. Now here’s the soap.” Hahahaha. We both taught at a previous institution where the administration would give away towels representing servant leadership and Jesus washing his disciples…