First off, I’m sorry to have been away for so long; I am fighting being sick, my secret affairs that I am having with many doctors in the Indy area eats into my available time, and I’m rewriting lessons I rewrote this summer on the fly.
I watched Dave Eggers Wish Once Upon a School TED talk after watching the CNN Student News feature on what makes a great teacher. It struck me how big of a leap it is from good to great. I have had a lot of success teaching, but I’m not fooling myself into thinking that I’m great. The difference between good and great is a gulf wider than the Red Sea. Great requires inspirational life change.
What is holding me back? Why do I lack the energy? It is not like I cannot think of things to do? It is not like that I could not start a tutoring program for our team. I have students with educational deficits. It would not take much to set up a program to help those kids.
How about Exit 4 Tutoring?