Hi, I’m Donna McPeak. Children for years called me Ms. Peak though. Children that struggle with a life filled with trauma have been my teachers for years.
A mindset is the body of assumptions and expectations you hold about yourself and others. As a teacher, our mindset defines classroom experiences, not just for the educator, but for the students.
Socrates said, “The only true wisdom is to know that you know nothing.” I truly did not know anything about teaching, even though my diploma said I did.My students over the years taught me so much because I learned to ask them simply the “right questions.”
Dr. Uncaphor laid the groundwork for my educational mindset, ie “Teach all children as if they were your own.”
“A smart person is not one that knows the answers, but one who knows where to find them.”
-William Petersen, author
Please take time to listen to Jamar’s words and think about the children that you have in your work setting that maybe these words are also theirs.
As educators, we should all take inspiration from the flexibility of bamboo.