Monday, September 27, 2010

Thing #1

Habit 4 is probably the easiest to me.  I have always had confidence in myself, and feel as though I can be effective in learning (and then teaching) new concepts with ease.  I believe I am a natural leader, and have been evaluated several times by university professors and administration who echo the same ideas.  The WAY I lead must be key to me, as students will imitate my direction.  I believe this must force me to always show the students that I am always eager to learn new tricks, open to new ideas, and ready for challenges so that they will work to do the same.

Habit 7 1/2 is actually the hardest for me.  My classroom is sometimes chaotic, but it's ordered chaos.  I feel that at the middle school level, there needs to be quite a bit of structure.  At the same time, I believe I need to work to find a balance there, and allow students time to do what all middle school students miss most about elementary school: play time.

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