tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post2041225632557128881..comments2024-03-21T05:30:03.220-04:00Comments on Science teacher: September thoughts, as the sun fades away...doylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12901661320505882735noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post-87673423603522967212013-09-15T16:10:57.275-04:002013-09-15T16:10:57.275-04:00The power of happiness is potent. I think that my ...The power of happiness is potent. I think that my kiddos enjoy my class because I am happy - and they know it on a day that I am not. <br /><br />It is raining today - we need the rain. I am happy. <br />I am going camping with my kiddos this week. We will get dirty and see glow worms and do hard things. It might rain. I will be happy.<br />I am making pesto today. I am overjoyed.<br />I am the oldest teacher on the team by 20 years and you would never know it by attitude and energy. I am happy. <br />My girls are beautiful and smart and talented and sassy. I am happy.<br />Gardens, children, students, sunrise, full moon, time, tide, parts of speech. All reasons for joy and happiness. <br />(Be well, enjoy those quahogs, and lift a glass to friendship - another thing that makes me happy.)Katehttp://tabor330.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post-13258449338256839722013-09-15T10:55:41.871-04:002013-09-15T10:55:41.871-04:00> Sometimes I think the most valuable thing I o...> Sometimes I think the most valuable thing I offer my lambs is an adult human who is happy.<br /><br />Not as happy as I would be if x, y, z were different. But I do glow with my joy of math much of the time I'm teaching these days. <br /><br />I think we have learned through our schooling to follow the textbook in math, and it takes some time and strength to realize that we are better leaders for our students than that far away textbook author.<br /><br />It took me twenty plus years of teaching before I decided to make my own organization of the material, leaving out the topics that seem silly to me (and putting in some important topics / principles the books leave out). I have so much more fun now.<br /><br />(I am following the excellent text in linear algebra. I don't know the material deeply enough to improvise.)<br />Sue VanHattumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10237941346154683902noreply@blogger.com