August 22, 2007
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Topic: Day #3, getting ready for the school year
I was quite tired after getting home late from the Met game, and I slept till till past 8. I wasn’t too happy about this, but I got myself to run 3.5 miles around Prospect Park, to make up for it. While running, I developed a mantra, or more of a line of thinking that I’ve now turned into a mantra, “Learn to love the things you hate having to do.” I hate that I have to exercise to feel healthy, but I’m learning to love it. I have that I have a lot of things to read and do for work, but I’m learning to love it.
Today at school, we got more into the nitty gritty of teaching literacy. This is essentially going to be my first year as a teacher. I recognize now how last year, while I taught kids many things, I wasn’t working within a sustainable framework. Now, I’m getting a much clearer picture of what is involved with creating a classroom, and seeing how both theory and practice go together.
I’m beginning to have a much greater respect for teaching, as I realize how much there is to learn, and how much experience plays a role. Just as we expect students to grow over time, and how we take their writing through rought draft, to a finished project, teaching goes in a similar pattern. The name of the game is to take as many ideas from other people as you can, and to continually grow as a person.
I had sushi for dinner. Went with the Philadelphia roll, the thought of salmon and cream cheese exciting the Jew in me. Earlier today, I watched a bit of “God’s Warriors,” a CNN special on the world wide conflict of religion. My writing time is up, but perhaps you all can share you views on the topic of religion and conflict.
