Day one of the school year was pretty decent – my job is to build up my students who think they are less than, cannot make it, or don’t see where they will fit into the world.
So I showed them a video of the Mars Curiosity landing.
Touchdown confirmed.
Everyone heard about this a few weeks ago, but it wasn’t until I read Brene Brown’s post and saw the video clip that I realized how perfectly it fit into my first day of school message. I don’t like to spend that day pouring over rules, syllabi and other boring stuff-I like to teach straight away.
I think at first my students thought I was crazy – perfectly fine with me. And then they got it.
Failure is not an option.
Touchdown confirmed.
Day 2 awaits.
Jennifer Wolfe
Jennifer Wolfe, a writer-teacher-mom, is dedicated to finding the extraordinary in the ordinary moments of life by thinking deeply, loving fiercely, and teaching audaciously. Jennifer is a Google Certified Educator, Hyperdoc fanatic, and a voracious reader. Read her stories on her blog, mamawolfe, and grab free copies of her teaching and parenting resources.
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