I thoroughly enjoyed reading Mr. McClung's reflection from "What I've Learned This Year"! Mr. McClung talked about how as teachers we should focus on teaching our students rather than making everything perfect. He said that every lesson will end up different from the original plan. This is soooo true!!! You have to be able to improvise and sometimes that works out better than the original plan. You have to be able to adjust according to what the needs are that day. My favorite thing that Mr. McClung wrote is, "Our job as teachers is to simply pick them up after they fail, dust them off, and encourage them to try again." I could really tell that Mr. McClung has the right attitude and heart when he teaches. He also talked about how teachers should be willing to learn and not be afraid to teach with technology. I agree if we expect our students to learn, we should too! Then he talks about listening to your students, you will have a much better teacher/student relationship if you take that time to know them! I feel this is so important, students will be more willing to respect and work hard for your if they know their teacher truly cares for them. Mr. McClung had so much insight from his first year of teaching!
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