On page 22, Tomlinson says, “The truth is, we will never really do all each child needs us to do.” Later on this page she says, “The point is not to entertain guilt. The point is to relentlessly seize the remarkable opportunity of a teacher to shape lives – to do the best we can to ensure that we are better at reaching children today than yesterday, better at it this year than last.”
This quote is especially true to me because it says that as teachers who are human we are bound to make mistakes. We maybe won't handle a student or situation very well, but we can learn from these mistakes. We will have the next lesson or even the next year be an improvement to the year or lesson before as long as we are willing to learn from our mistakes.
Learning line upon line, a step at a time...
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