This is not your regular blog post. After all, the blog is Rockin' The Boat, so if I don't bust out of even those preconceived blog post parameters every now and then, I'm not doing my job and would need to re-title this blog and rethink my life.
Month: July 2018
Sharing What I Do: Am I An Educational Narcissist?
As a mythology teacher, I love covering the story of Narcissist and Echo. I enjoy the reactions students have, the conversations it leads too, and the humor that the author brings in with the version we read in class. But as fabulous as that story may be, I want us to consider something through a new lens. If we share what we are doing and all the things we know, are we narcissistic? Are we? No, we aren't, but it is getting harder to convince ourselves of that in the current climate of social media.
Task It. Complete It. Be Successful.
My daughter has been a list maker for all of her 20 years where she was old enough to create lists. Having what she needs to accomplish for a day, week, or month written succinctly in list fashion where she can check it off is what she needs to be successful. My own daily life at school has been so busy that at times I've not only had to make my own lists of task to accomplish, but I've also included "go to the bathroom" on the list so that I didn't forget during the busyness of my prep period. I'm sure many of you have had similar experiences (except for maybe the bathroom part).
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