The root of passion is suffering.
Teaching is a labor of love, and our kids here in Soledad need a lot of it. The reason I bring this up passion and suffering is because of some of the things I’ve been seeing on campus. I get to work with foster youth and students who are in transitional housing. These students need extra care and support as they go through school. We need to nurture them, and support the things that bring them joy.
Compassion is recognizing the suffering in another person. So, recognizing this we share in the enduring labor of “something” to which makes us feel useful, or joyful, the stuff that gives us purpose. As teachers, the joy and purpose we have for teaching is our passion – and we share it with others everyday. We can create a life long love of learning, if we honor that need for purpose in our students.
In talking to some teachers this week, one colleague mentioned that she is going to start incorporating Genius Hour in her classes; where students can explore their passions. What if we all created time for students to explore what they are passionate about, to share what brings them joy, what gives their life meaning?
How would that change the culture of learning in our classrooms, our school? If our goal is to create lifelong learners in a global society, how can we create time for them to explore what that means?
Genius Hour Ideas:
Research someone you admire, what character qualities are attached to this person?
What is something you failed at, but kept doing and got better?
What is something you failed at and then found something new?
Teaching is a labor of love, and our kids here in Soledad need a lot of it. The reason I bring this up passion and suffering is because of some of the things I’ve been seeing on campus. I get to work with foster youth and students who are in transitional housing. These students need extra care and support as they go through school. We need to nurture them, and support the things that bring them joy.
Compassion is recognizing the suffering in another person. So, recognizing this we share in the enduring labor of “something” to which makes us feel useful, or joyful, the stuff that gives us purpose. As teachers, the joy and purpose we have for teaching is our passion – and we share it with others everyday. We can create a life long love of learning, if we honor that need for purpose in our students.
In talking to some teachers this week, one colleague mentioned that she is going to start incorporating Genius Hour in her classes; where students can explore their passions. What if we all created time for students to explore what they are passionate about, to share what brings them joy, what gives their life meaning?
How would that change the culture of learning in our classrooms, our school? If our goal is to create lifelong learners in a global society, how can we create time for them to explore what that means?
Genius Hour Ideas:
Research someone you admire, what character qualities are attached to this person?
What is something you failed at, but kept doing and got better?
What is something you failed at and then found something new?