Perhaps it takes creative thinking, more than pills, to win the war against boredom. Creative problem solving only requires teachers to step back and ask, “Is there a better way of doing this?” Or maybe a more empathetic approach, which means asking ourselves, “How did I feel the last time I was bored?”
Originally posted on Education Week This post is by Anthony Conwright, who teaches humanities at High Tech Middle Media Arts … More
I was having a beer with a few coworkers after work one evening and one of them said, “You were born to teach.” I took the complement in stride, but my nonchalant footsteps were halted by an e-mail I received that made me say to myself in a very humble voice, “Anthony, maybe you were born to teach.” I had to look deeper into the statement.
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