Today was one of those days in the classroom when I just wasn’t sure if I was “doing it right.”
I second guessed, thought twice, and questioned myself all day long. I’m not sure if it was the lack of sleep or the fact that I’m taking a big chance by pushing so much of the middle grades content down to 6th grade.
My students are all terribly bright and can hang with the best of ‘em. They’re full of passion and fire and will argue, question, and push until they get it just right. As soon as they meet my expectations I raise the bar. Everytime I raise it I think they’ll never make it…and then they do.
Today was different. Today I saw a group of tired little girls who may have had enough of the maniacal mathematical man with the impossible expectations.
Do I keep pushing or do I let up ? When they grow into young women and tell their stories I don’t ever want to be remembered as the man who didn’t challenge them…or as the man who killed their love of math with his high expectations and unorthodox teaching style.
Today, I just wasn’t so sure of myself.
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