Last year, I blogged about doing “One Little Word” for the first time. I chose, for 2015, the word “accept” as my word.
I told myself I needed to do a few things centered around that word:
- I needed to accept the teacher I am while I strive to become a better teacher
- I needed to accept the blogger I am while I strive to. . .do whatever I hope to do through blogging
- I needed to accept my own faults and weaknesses before I can begin to become better in those areas
- I needed to accept the students my students are while they strive to become better readers, writers, speakers, and mathematicians
- I needed to accept the things I cannot change
What I really needed to do was also accept that the word “need” is a little strong for these sorts of things. Perhaps “desire” would be more practical.
But, in regards to these “needs” I identified, how did I do?
I needed to accept the teacher I am while I strive to become a better teacher.
I have worked on improving my teaching while allowing myself to acknowledge that I’m a pretty good teacher already.
I needed to accept the blogger I am while I strive to. . .do whatever I hope to do through blogging.
I have not really been as adamant towards my blogging as I would have liked to have been, and I still struggle with accepting that maybe this just isn’t going to be what I would someday like it to be.
I needed to accept my own faults and weaknesses before I can begin to become better in those areas.
I have identified some areas of weakness — writing workshop being one — and worked to improve it. I have not done as well with this in my personal life.
I need to accept the students my students are while they strive to become better readers, writers, speakers, and mathematicians.
I think I have done a really good job this year of meeting my students where they are and helping them work from their currently level. Using more workshop methods has helped this. What I need to work on accepting is not ability levels, but work ethic levels. Some students aren’t going to do the work I ask of them. I need desire to accept that as a truth while working to help them become better workers.
I need to accept the things I cannot change.
This is always going to be the hardest one. I’m not sure how I am with this.
So, that’s 2015. What about 2016? I’ll post about that once the new year is here.
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