tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11838465.post4894759076038839455..comments2024-02-24T18:30:26.749-07:00Comments on prairiemary: THE BEST OF TEACHERS, THE WORST OF TEACHERSUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11838465.post-61218500762830423382011-03-08T03:21:10.435-07:002011-03-08T03:21:10.435-07:00Thanks for this, Mary. I was in education/training...Thanks for this, Mary. I was in education/training all my professional life, but most of it was focused on very specific goals. Whether those goals were worth striving for is another matter. Now that I have retired, I am with Voltaire: "il faut cultiver nos jardins" - and not worry too much about whether cultivating your garden is the proper goal of your life. Just do it.Jake Allsophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18352337319705848623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11838465.post-64265833637358516602011-03-07T12:43:55.027-07:002011-03-07T12:43:55.027-07:00This is such a huge subject, as much now as when y...This is such a huge subject, as much now as when you were teaching,<br />that it is hard to know where to start. Colleges of education have not<br />helped, and the federal department of<br />education has not helped, so I am <br />inclined to think that only attentive<br />teachers ever help. But they do have<br />to know something and then be rewarded for success, when their students learn. And writing to read your own work is a good idea<br />no matter what anyone says.karennoreply@blogger.com