Comments on: Deflating and inflating http://sonofateacherman.com/2010/02/deflating-and-inflating/ The real life tales of a second generation secondary teacher Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:00:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Ed http://sonofateacherman.com/2010/02/deflating-and-inflating/comment-page-1/#comment-108 Ed Thu, 11 Feb 2010 05:19:42 +0000 http://sonofateacherman.com/?p=150#comment-108 I've been teaching for more than 25 years. There are still sometimes days like that.. when things just don't go the way we hoped. The key is to reflect on the reasons. Sometimes they are beyond our control, but often there are things we can learn and do better the next time. I’ve been teaching for more than 25 years. There are still sometimes days like that.. when things just don’t go the way we hoped. The key is to reflect on the reasons. Sometimes they are beyond our control, but often there are things we can learn and do better the next time.

]]> By: Neet http://sonofateacherman.com/2010/02/deflating-and-inflating/comment-page-1/#comment-94 Neet Mon, 08 Feb 2010 07:04:35 +0000 http://sonofateacherman.com/?p=150#comment-94 sorry to comment on an old post but its hard to keep up. Your comment "But I’m definitely still OK: it’s when there’s nothing left to change, no stones to overturn that I’ll really start worrying. And I’m nowhere near that." I think as teachers we always have things that need changing and improving so there is never any need to get really worried. sorry to comment on an old post but its hard to keep up. Your comment “But I’m definitely still OK: it’s when there’s nothing left to change, no stones to overturn that I’ll really start worrying. And I’m nowhere near that.” I think as teachers we always have things that need changing and improving so there is never any need to get really worried.

]]> By: Andrew http://sonofateacherman.com/2010/02/deflating-and-inflating/comment-page-1/#comment-81 Andrew Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:46:57 +0000 http://sonofateacherman.com/?p=150#comment-81 The best advice I received in my first year of teaching was "you never have more than three bad days in a row." That's partly because teachers and students alike are a bit like goldfish, and quickly reset their internal scales of what constitutes bad/good days. But I've found that no matter what went off the rails, kids are flexible and adaptable enough that three days of a new approach or new commitment can pull things back together. Good luck! Let us know how things feel on Monday! The best advice I received in my first year of teaching was “you never have more than three bad days in a row.” That’s partly because teachers and students alike are a bit like goldfish, and quickly reset their internal scales of what constitutes bad/good days. But I’ve found that no matter what went off the rails, kids are flexible and adaptable enough that three days of a new approach or new commitment can pull things back together.

Good luck! Let us know how things feel on Monday!

]]> By: ktenkely http://sonofateacherman.com/2010/02/deflating-and-inflating/comment-page-1/#comment-77 ktenkely Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:04:19 +0000 http://sonofateacherman.com/?p=150#comment-77 Believe me when I say that all teachers have these deflating days. I have been teaching for 7 years and I have yet to make it through a year without several of these. Hang in there! Believe me when I say that all teachers have these deflating days. I have been teaching for 7 years and I have yet to make it through a year without several of these. Hang in there!

]]> By: geoff http://sonofateacherman.com/2010/02/deflating-and-inflating/comment-page-1/#comment-75 geoff Wed, 03 Feb 2010 11:18:15 +0000 http://sonofateacherman.com/?p=150#comment-75 Just a classroom management issue with one kid specifically, that really wasn't helped by the way I responded (barely), or by the way the lesson was structured (poorly). Just a classroom management issue with one kid specifically, that really wasn’t helped by the way I responded (barely), or by the way the lesson was structured (poorly).

]]> By: Alan http://sonofateacherman.com/2010/02/deflating-and-inflating/comment-page-1/#comment-74 Alan Wed, 03 Feb 2010 11:14:23 +0000 http://sonofateacherman.com/?p=150#comment-74 That really sucks. Are you able to provide any more detail on what happened to make the lesson so disappointing? That really sucks. Are you able to provide any more detail on what happened to make the lesson so disappointing?

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