Teachers learn some of the strangest lessons.
This year, I have learned more from my students than I ever thought was possible! I have learned that students, no matter how they feel about school, will respond positively if you show them love and give them some where to belong! I have learned that if you have a rubber snake hidden in your desk, they will eventually stop opening your desk drawers! I learned if you give students a chance to help you decorate your room, they are less likely to help destroy it! I learned students love to surprise their teachers, like the time one of my boys hid in my cabinet before class. He then preceded to make me think they had hidden a squirrel in my room, because he was SO very good at mimicking one!
If you give students ownership of their school they will have more pride. If you let students help choose what they learn, they get to learn they will be more likely to stay engaged. They want to feel responsible for their own futures, and they want to feel respected!
They just want to belong. They want to have purpose.
I also learned how to sound exactly like a squirrel.
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