Here is yet another excellent post on the importance of joy for teachers from Jennie, the wonderful teacher!
This is a re-post of a letter I wrote to teachers on Joy.
Joy is the magic word!
Dear Teachers,
As you start your new school year there is one word that will get you through the uncertainty and the worry. It’s the same word that is the heart of educating. That word is ‘joy’. No, it’s not the happiness that children bring. It’s the happiness that you bring because it inspires and ignites the mind and the heart of children. Yes, that’s how it works.
Children come to you with big eyes, looking at you to teach them. They don’t know what to think. They want to learn, yet what they really want is to be inspired to learn. That is where you can make a difference.
What do you like? Because whatever it is, from math to music, that ‘like’ will become your best buddy, your guiding star…
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Thank you for sharing the post. As Yeats said, “Education is not the filling of a pail, but rather the lighting of a fire.”
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You are welcome, and thank you for the excellent quotation!
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She is wonderful.
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Yes, she is!
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Thank you, Charles!
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Jennie, you are very welcome.
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🙂
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