Hot, hot, hot! I went out before the sun came up and it was still 82
degrees with a heat factor of 89! That heat factor was high because it was
also wet, wet, wet! It was so humid I was swimming more than walking my 5 1/2
miles, and I discovered why they call this week "Shark Week." Last week a bear
strolled across by route two hours before I hit the streets. This morning I
was convinced I meet a Great White jaw to jaw.
Talking about sharks, I was in an extended conversation about
classroom teaching for the past few days one nondescript phrase incessantly was
thrown out almost with a cavalier "oh, you know what I mean." The participants
kept on saying, "walk the talk," walk the talk," "walk the talk." Then, I
asked, "Just what is the talk that you walk? What are the principles guiding
what you do? What are the tenets directing you? What is your North Star?
What are the purposes that drive you? What is the philosophy of education that
inspires you to be persistent, persevering, and committed? What are your
beliefs? What are the ideals by which you live? What are the values that are
at the heart of what you think, feel, and do? What mission are you on? What
defines who you are?
As some began to answer in a heavy air of blame and accusation by
focusing on "them," the students, I parried. "Don't talk about 'them' or what
you expect of 'them.' Talk about yourself and what you expect from yourself.
Don't talk about what you do. Talk about who you are. Talk about what propels
you. Talk about what matters to you. Talk about what are the foundations of
your beliefs, perceptions, and actions. The simple truth is that unless you
know your talk, you can't really do a good walk."
Make it a good day
-Louis-
Louis Schmier
http://www.therandomthoughts.edublogs.org
203 E. Brookwood Pl http://www.therandomthoughts.com
Valdosta, Ga 31602
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