So today we had an extremely animated lecture (or maybe it was story telling session, or something else… but I felt like we should have been around a campfire) about not burning out as a teacher and about being passionate in our teaching. I appreciate the blunt honesty of the realities of being a teacher… no need to coddle us, and frankly it was nice to know some of the upcoming challenges and what to expect. I’m sure I’ll do fine… nothing I haven’t experienced before. I know that teaching is not a profession that will make me rolling in money rich… but that was never my aim. I know that as long as I watch my spending and make a few smart investments I’ll be better off than not. It was also good that our prof. communicated to us that we need to take time for ourselves, wrt sleep, exercise and the things we enjoy doing.
The other idea communicated to us today was the passion that we should impart upon our students… I personally feel that you must have a passion for your area of study… this should be in place already before you hit the program. The idea of fostering passion within a student is relatively new to me… I guess all little kids are passionate about all things… you really only just have to hang on to their feeling, give them a few nudges to keep them on track, and 10000 years worth of evolutionary drive to learn will just take over – I really hope it’s just that simple.
Q
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