Blog Post #9

What I've learned this year

We were assigned to read "What I've Learned This Year" by Mr. McClung. He makes very valid points in this blog post and I agree with each one he has posted and I think that each are a valuable lesson that we as young aspiring teachers can learn a great deal from. He says that you must be able to let your audience drive your instruction and i believe that is the whole part of teaching. Teach for comprehension and not for what others think about you. His next point was basically dont sweat the small stuff. Here he explains that not every lesson plan is perfect and you must simply go with the flow. I know that this is something that teachers face all the time and I think that if teachers would learn to do like he says then it would make their lives much less stressful. He also says that we must communicate, be reasonable, and most importantly listen to your students because we may be the only one who does. I believe that it is very important to communicate and listen to your students because it builds a trusting and strong relationship between the two. Sometimes students actually look at teachers as role models for thier lives and also look at them as father/mother figures if they never really had one. That is why I think that it is very important to communicate and listen in order to help you create that bond.