I have come to fall in love with teaching in Catholic schools. What are YOU in love with?...

"Nothing is more practical than finding God, that is, than falling in love in a quite absolute, final way. What you are in love with, what seizes your imagination, will affect everything. It will decide what will get you out of bed in the morning, what you will do with your evenings, how you will spend your weekends, what you read, who you know, what breaks your heart, and what amazes you with joy and gratitude. Fall in love, stay in love, and it will decide everything." - Pedro Arrupe

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Striving to be Better

I've done a lot of thinking lately about how I can be a better teacher. What are those qualities that all good teachers have? What are those qualities that I am striving to possess (and to possess on a more regular basis)?

Quite a bit of patience

An unquenchable thirst for learning

Humility...and then some more of it

Many leaps of faith 

Adaptability to ever-changing plans

A smile and a positive attitude...because that's sometimes all you've got left to give.

That's a good list to start striving for, right? We can add more later...baby steps...

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