Don't apologize.  When I am tempted, I stop and think I want to model that
I'm not a perfectionist when I'm thinking out loud.  Smile.  Seriously I do
sometimes go into feeling peer pressure, being an ex English teacher who
should after all know better.  But then I balance as I said.


On 5/23/11 3:10 PM, "Maureen Morrissey" <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Practitioners...should have used spelling check :)
> 
> On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 6:07 PM, Maureen Morrissey <
> [email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> Sally,
>> great response, I hope Kaui and others read it and it makes them think: why
>> did I go into teaching in the first place? To spoonfeed pap to my students
>> or to make a difference in their lives? To help them pass a test or to help
>> them develop into lifelong learners, thinkers, readers. I'm afraid we cannot
>> have it both ways.  It's sad to me that the question authority days are over
>> and many in the profession are deferring to the powers that be.  We are the
>> educated educators; we are the professionals who should be lifelong learners
>> and reflective practicioners.  We need to take back the educating of our
>> students, even if we have to start grassroots again  like in the '80s.
>> Maureen
>> 
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