Capture:
This week I’d like to talk about the difference between
living life by going through the motions and living life by loving life and how
that relates to teaching.
Analysis:
Humans are creatures of habit. We wake up, we eat breakfast
brush our teeth, and hopefully put on deodorant at some point. Each day we do
things out of habit. Habits are good, but if we forget the why of our habits,
life becomes awfully boring and, at times, lacks depth. Habits like going to church, saying our
prayers, reading books for classes, typing up reflections each week for this
class, and a billion other tasks we do on a daily or weekly basis can become
meaningless is we simply go through each task only to check off our to do list.
In teaching, if we as teachers clock in and show up, throw up some powerpoint
slides and give out an assignment we’ve failed. We’ve missed the point. If we
just do things to get them done, we have no reason to be doing them. In order
to get anything valuable out of life, we must show love in everything we do.
The more we give and show love for what we’re doing, the more meaning it will
have in our lives. This is especially true in the classroom. If we love our
students and love what we teach, we’re truly living life rather than just going
through the motions.
Action:
I have been trying and will continue to improve my
perception of life in terms of not just going through the motions but sincerely
giving and loving what I learn teach and experience on a daily basis.
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