I have always enjoyed my students.
My daughter and I saw one of my former students last night. I was so excited that 10 years later his face brought his name to mind immediately(his brother said there was a reason for that;) I understand that children just fascinate me. I don’t think I realized that LEARNERS fascinate me…even when they are my grown up college students. The meaning we are making together is so very powerful. One of my students shared words from her music professor at a perfect moment.
We were talking about teacher sensitivity and regard for student perspective. She spoke of 5%. Each of us comes into this world with a gift…something that we excel at…to the extent that we are better than 95% of the world in this area of expertise. Our job is to find our 5%. What is it we excel at? If those around us don’t treat us as if we have a gift to share, why would we ever try to find it? How many gifts were left unopened and further returned to their sender?
I might hate to know.
What is your 5%?
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