My fellow educators, this one goes out to the misfits, the oddballs.
Have you ever had colleagues mutter under their breath about your "crazy ideas," though you were confident of the fact that you were acting in the best interest of your students?
(I've been there.)
My advice?
Own it.
Don't stop doing what you know is in the best interest of your students.
Change your teaching practices. Rethink your assessment practices. Adapt your classroom atmosphere. Challenge assumptions. Go against the flow.
If it's in your students' best interest, you must do it!
Yep, people will talk.
They always do.
Especially about the misfits, the oddballs.
Don't let it get to you.
You matter. You make a difference. You are making your school, your classroom, your students' lives a little bit brighter.
Don't let the nay-sayers and name-callers dim your light.
Shine!
Be more Rudolph.
Have you ever had colleagues mutter under their breath about your "crazy ideas," though you were confident of the fact that you were acting in the best interest of your students?
(I've been there.)
My advice?
Own it.
Don't stop doing what you know is in the best interest of your students.
Change your teaching practices. Rethink your assessment practices. Adapt your classroom atmosphere. Challenge assumptions. Go against the flow.
If it's in your students' best interest, you must do it!
Yep, people will talk.
They always do.
Especially about the misfits, the oddballs.
Don't let it get to you.
You matter. You make a difference. You are making your school, your classroom, your students' lives a little bit brighter.
Don't let the nay-sayers and name-callers dim your light.
Shine!
Be more Rudolph.
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