It’s a big emotional toll that takes place when you get ready to send your child to a place that your baby has never been before or you have never been before. When you get ready to send your baby to college, I think it’s first and foremost important to get your mind straight. Stephen Covey had the right idea…’Seek first to understand as opposed to being understood.’ ~ Rita Pierson. ~ Rita Pierson.īut unless you put the thinking piece in the middle, you are going to get the repetition of the behaviors over and over again. ~ Rita Pierson.Įvery child deserves a champion, an adult who will never give up on them, who understands the power of connection, and insists that they become the best that they can possibly be. One of the things that we never discuss or we rarely discuss is the value and importance of human connections. And even if entertainment overlaps, you are still getting information, and we need good, solid information. Because you are not getting entertained you are getting informed. The public broadcast is so fabulous, and I think it’s the experience and research. James Comer says that no significant learning can occur without a significant relationship. It’s our place to say maybe we can add a set of rules that they don’t know about. I respect the rules you make for your children at home…It’s not our place to say what they do is wrong. Sometimes you want to make them work for it. You want to be careful, but you don’t breed a dependent behavior within your classroom. But a handbook that you will not get but information that you will be responsible for knowing…those are called ‘Hidden rules’. One of the things that never comes up is that the rules for schools are different…The school handbook is supposed to have all the information that you would possibly need. George Washington Carver says all learning is understanding relationships. Pierson, has been an educator for more than 40 years, serving as a teacher in elementary school, junior high and special education and has been a. That means that they will have respect for their things. 07:48 - Source: Ted Editor’s Note: Rita F. I want kids to recognize the power of financial resources, and the sooner they recognize it the better. I borrowed the beginning of Rita’s saying. It’s either poverty, low attendance, negative peer influences. So I re-watched Rita Pierson’s TED Talkwhich you should totally watch a zillion and a half times if you haven’t yet, because it’s brilliantand got to work. You see there’s a ‘Mama law’ and there’s a ‘Public law’. And we come to work when we don’t feel like it, and we’re listening to a policy that doesn’t make sense and we teach anyway. Teachers become great actors and great actresses. And you know your toughest kids are never absent… The tough ones show up for a reason for a relationship. Will you like all your children? Of course not. Learning sometimes occurs because someone insists that you recognize the excellence in yourself. We need to learn different ways of handling conflict because fighting is not always an option. When kids are explaining, the story’s loud. Seeking first to understand, as opposed to being understood. Kids don’t learn from people they don’t like. You say it long enough, it starts to be a part of you. In a day and age where so much time and energy is spent on debating a misguided education reform agenda that equates standardized test scores with quality teaching, I am thankful to work in an educational community that mirrors the one I attended as a student.Rita Pierson is a educator, counselor and teacher in elementary, junior high, and special education since 1972. Veteran educator, James Comer, states that, “No significant learning occurs without a significant relationship.” Unless there is a connection between teacher, student and lesson, learning becomes tiresome to all involved. Pierson’s essay also appeared in the Huffington Post and the excerpt below is one that strikes me as most critical. Rita Pierson (check it our below), an educator for over 40 years. One of the most popular pieces making the rounds has been the phenomenal TED Talk by Dr. In the past few days, there have been some great examples shared online which highlight the importance of passionate educators in the lives of students. Then there were a number of others who played a critical role in my development after the death of my father when I was in the 7th grade. The first and foremost was my mother who was an elementary teacher for 30-plus years in Milford, MA. With this in mind, I have been reflecting about the educators who contributed so much to my success. In case you didn’t know it already, this week is Teacher Appreciation Week.
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