How many questions are teachers asked everyday?
Seriously, how many answers are you throwing back at students all day long?
Some of our answers are nonverbal, a single nod of the head will work. Or if you're in Guadalajara, you move your index finger up and down, which means "yes".
Sometimes our heads are so full that we stop listening. Nobody likes to admit that, but c'mon, how many times has the 3 o'clock bell rung and you've said "Thank God, my brain can breathe now."
In the busy days of a teacher, many students' questions are lost in the turmoil or in the textbooks or in the curriculum standards. Kids are curious. Kids ask us questions that we don't have the answer to.
Kids ponder the existance of diseases, the difference between countries, adult's obsessions with color of skin and so much more.
Yet, as teachers, are we listening? Or are we simply "moving on" and trying to get through the day's lesson?
I want to challenge myself this year. I want kids to ask questions. I don't care if it takes extra time or if it's not in my "plans".
I want to hear what kids want to know.
Let's get this year rolling and the questions coming.
Let's see where curiosty leads us this year.
"Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning." William Arthur Ward
No comments:
Post a Comment