Comments on: “Doing School” – A must read for any would-be teacher http://sonofateacherman.com/2009/10/doing-school/ The real life tales of a second generation secondary teacher Fri, 19 Aug 2011 11:18:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: geoff http://sonofateacherman.com/2009/10/doing-school/comment-page-1/#comment-17 geoff Wed, 02 Dec 2009 09:43:58 +0000 http://sonofateacherman.com/?p=38#comment-17 It certainly is scary, but I think in many ways that's why it takes a community to raise a child. And in some ways that's not necessarily even embedding a set of ethics that look like a laundry list of immutable truths, but more as an ethical framework and structure through which to make tough (and easy) decisions. It certainly is scary, but I think in many ways that’s why it takes a community to raise a child. And in some ways that’s not necessarily even embedding a set of ethics that look like a laundry list of immutable truths, but more as an ethical framework and structure through which to make tough (and easy) decisions.

]]> By: Matt Stanford http://sonofateacherman.com/2009/10/doing-school/comment-page-1/#comment-16 Matt Stanford Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:40:16 +0000 http://sonofateacherman.com/?p=38#comment-16 Geoff, the more -aware- teachers we have out there, the better for the kids, so thanks. I love what you're doing and (importantly) the way you're doing it. Like work, I think it's hard to react across or against a perceived systemic pressure without a solid, hard-to-shift and my-roots-are-down-into-this-stuff set of ethics, standards and ingrained behaviours. As a parent, I see cultivating those as my role with my boys. Actually, it's more like responsibility. Duty. The clock is ticking, and already, with a 3 year old, we're seeing -uh- different input coming from the other kids at child care and so on. It's not going to be a series of free kicks. I've got less than ten years to get this stuff into Toby, and get it in far enough that it becomes Who He Is, not just what he does when Mum and Dad are looking. On one hand scary. On the other, what an amazing privilege and responsibility! So glad for my church, family, friends to help support, encourage and inspire us. Geoff, the more -aware- teachers we have out there, the better for the kids, so thanks. I love what you’re doing and (importantly) the way you’re doing it.

Like work, I think it’s hard to react across or against a perceived systemic pressure without a solid, hard-to-shift and my-roots-are-down-into-this-stuff set of ethics, standards and ingrained behaviours.
As a parent, I see cultivating those as my role with my boys. Actually, it’s more like responsibility. Duty.

The clock is ticking, and already, with a 3 year old, we’re seeing -uh- different input coming from the other kids at child care and so on. It’s not going to be a series of free kicks.

I’ve got less than ten years to get this stuff into Toby, and get it in far enough that it becomes Who He Is, not just what he does when Mum and Dad are looking.

On one hand scary. On the other, what an amazing privilege and responsibility! So glad for my church, family, friends to help support, encourage and inspire us.

]]> By: geoff http://sonofateacherman.com/2009/10/doing-school/comment-page-1/#comment-6 geoff Tue, 20 Oct 2009 03:34:50 +0000 http://sonofateacherman.com/?p=38#comment-6 You're welcome to borrow it if you like: my mum is actually reading it at the moment, but once she's done I don't mind passing it on at all. You’re welcome to borrow it if you like: my mum is actually reading it at the moment, but once she’s done I don’t mind passing it on at all.

]]> By: Michael Cao http://sonofateacherman.com/2009/10/doing-school/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Michael Cao Tue, 20 Oct 2009 03:31:57 +0000 http://sonofateacherman.com/?p=38#comment-5 Sweet man, will have to check it out. Sweet man,
will have to check it out.

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