When Sir Ken Robinson talked about the climate crisis and that there is another serious crisis I was so connected and so drawn into everything he had to say. It also made me realize that is the feeling I have been having for a few years now. I have been teaching a long time and I have really felt like I wasn't reaching the kids in the same way, not really making as much of a difference as I felt I was in the past. I signed up for a classroom management workshop a few weeks ago and as I was talking to the presenter about why I signed up for it; at first felt a bit awkward I mean was she thinking" She has been teaching long enough to have this figured out" then I took a deep breath and I said that the kids are changing and I need to evolve with them. But it is so true education is not the same as it was when I first started teaching and the kids come with so many different experiences and "Talents" . Mr Robinson's conversation about ADHD was crazy on point the cartoon drawing made a light bulb go off for me. These kids have so much stimulation, so many tasks to juggle, so many more worries then I did growing up. Then they come to class and we want them to sit "Focus" on one task and to be excited and learn. Well when I go to workshops and just sit I am reminded how painful it is and how hard it is to focus. When he showed the map of where there were so many cases of ADHD reported I thought about our Flat World reading. Many of those areas were the areas she mentioned having poor school conditions, lacked qualifies teachers, lacked resources, unequal treatment, and then we are wondering why the kids can't focus.
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Julie LovieJulie Lovie Is a Math and Science teacher at Valley Oak High School with 25 years experience in teaching at a continuation high school. Julie Also teaches at Napa valley Adult School in the High School Diploma Program. She is passionate about the environment, loves gardening, and learning. Archives
June 2019
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