The main thing i got from Mr. McClungs posts is that you can't be too worried about what other people think of you. If you are a teacher at a school, there is obviously a reason that they hired you, so be confident in your skills and knowledge. Being accepted by your peers in the workplace isn't exactly at the top of my priority list. Always remember that your peers aren't the reason you got the job, and your peers aren't the reason you keep your job. After all, the success of your kids is what teaching is all about, right? Having friends in the workplace is completely normal, but when you put your teaching methods on the line because of something one of your co-workers said, that's when you need to re-evaluate things. He is saying that you have to stick to your guns when youre teaching. People will always criticize the way you do things, not only in the workplace. Your peers will criticize you the rest of your life, and you have to let it roll off your shoulder. Peer pressure is still exists when you grow up. How will it affect you?
Don't get comfortable
Another thing I got from Mr. McClung's posts is that you can't get too comfortable with the way you teach. You should always be searching for ways to make your lessons more interesting. If you lose the interest of the students, you're wasting their time. He talks about how he hated going to school as a kid and that he didn't want that for his students. I want my students to enjoy coming to my class and learning. School is widely accepted as a chore. What if we could change that? What if the next generation of teachers could change how the world views school? We could change this outlook of school as being boring and tedious into fun, but still productive.
TWO posts. You only covered the last post he wrote.
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