For Teachers Who Do The Right Thing

My heart and mind reach out to you,

As you  toil to find just the right book,

Long nights searching for just the right lesson plan,

When you enter with a tired body and smile anyway,

My later years will always recall,

Your kindness, gentle regard and a heart that says, I care.

Close School, Start from Scratch?

Abruptly closing schools because of failure of students to thrive academically is often driven by frustration, long term denial and hopelessness.  Why not burn it to the ground.  Would that make a difference?

What we need to do is remove or reassign all staff involved in a failing school.  New staff with a positive attitude, equipped with proven and fresh ideas must replace defeatist behavior.  We must put an immediate stop to head in the sand mentality and embrace people not easily intimidated by failure.  Then, devise  carefully thought out multiple success strategies.  Be prepared to repeat the strategy search again and again until you get it right.

There is an expression that failure is not an option.  Actually, that is not always true.  When facing challenging situations or failure the need to adopt a trial and error approach is always a possibility.  Rather than cringe at mistakes, we must learn to learn from our mistakes.  After all, mistakes simply tell us to take another road toward our objective.

In other words, laugh at your mistakes, make notes and remember once a mistake is understood the road to success is narrowed, and easier to choose and travel.  Keep in mind, teachers who are afraid of failure tend to teach  students how to fail.

A Nice Note

I often receive feedback that I am too negative.  Well, I truly try to avoid hurting anyone. 
But, I do hit hard at situations that effect negatively the lives of adults and especially children.  My thought is that too many people over do feel good talk because it helps them more easily turn away from hurtful circumstances. 

Oh goodness, here I go again.  I am sorry to burst any one's bubble.  But, bubble people too often put feeling good ahead of eliminating pain and suffering.  Sorry everyone, but I am putting my efforts into exposing pain and suffering, and at least lessening misery that comes from it..

I appreciate that feeling good seems the easy course;  however, I believe that rooting out and challenging people to recognizing misery, and trying to do something to change it is usually difficult but still a more worthwhile endeavor.

Just think for a moment, If misery caused by pain and suffering declines happiness usually follows.  So what is your dedication today?  I know where I am coming from. Where you are coming from?