Hillsborough County
Teachers - The Teacher/Student Relationship:The
Relationship that Inspires
How we learn is always
in the context of a relationship and as an educator you
are responsible for creating a relationship that
inspires learning. We so often go right to the subject
matter - the reading, the writing, the math - and it
goes without saying you have a responsibility to teach
these things - but unless you are able to deliver your
subject matter
in a way that is accessible and exciting AND unless you
are able to connect to each and every one of your
students, you will never really feel satisfied.
This daily email is an opportunity to stay
connected to what's real and true. Cutting
through to "The Real Truth" is my way of sharing
with you an inner barometer to test the
"realness" of where you are at any moment.
Having a good life is not for the weak at heart.
A cold eye is what's needed to plunge our inner
depths and for that we must be brave. Regardless
of our dysfunction, our ego must be healthy and
strong enough so that we can we be brutally
honest with ourselves. Real bravery is accepting
that the inner journey will include "uncomfortableness"
and anxiety; that there is no way to face our
demons without the willingness to meet them.
There will always be emotional pain when we
finally feel our grief and sadness, and get in
touch with a lifetime of "stuffed feelings", but
once we stop resisting what has always been
there, we experience freedom, and finally know
that suffering is optional. Here's to living in
the present moment - not the past or the future
- Chandra
