How many reasons are there to #LoveTeaching? Let me count five ways . . .
1. Students who make you laugh. Every day. And occasionally cry. But mostly laugh.
2. Students who can't convert centimeters to meters but who can have an in-depth conversation about particle physics. No lie; this happened to me just last week when a young lady from my physics class hung around during our FLEX/lunch time and, with her questions, recreated the history of particle physics!
3. Agile-minded colleagues who believe in and promote possibility thinking. You know who you are and how you sustain me. Thank you!
4. Agile-minded colleagues who believe in and promote a growth mindset. If we don't believe students can grow, what is our purpose, then?
5. The chance to create a classroom culture that values learning in all its facets. What a fantastic opportunity we have every year, in every section, to create an environment which fosters a love of learning, an authentic desire to understand, and a sense of community.
There are, no doubt, hundreds of other reasons but one of my resolutions this year was to not just write more but to publish more and an obsession for thoroughness (in writing if in no other place in my life!) has often prevented me from hitting that "publish" button. So, here I go . . . add comments if you'd like . . . why do you #LoveTeaching?
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