Week 3 Comment to Christine Hart

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Christine,
I agree that students could be allowed to lead instruction. Teacher, in my estimation, will have to shift their parading of instruction for this to occur. I agree that as teacher we often function out of the Calculating Self. Thanks for the connection on the calculating self and becoming negative. I think this is so true. The pressure to measure up and functioning out of the Calculating Self creates an atmosphere of negativity. I am going to see if there is a connection between the way we assess the students and this theory.

Christine Harts Week 3 Reading Post
As teachers we often see our selves leading students to a level of learning that they are not always willing to follow. I then wonder how some teachers do it when they appear to be the ones students love and talk about, and their classes are such fun. And they teach some of the more difficult subjects to get students motivate. Could it be that these teachers are practicing Rule #6 and tend to not think that because they are the teacher there is a sense of entitlement that students automatically understand and respond to? And when it doesn’t work, students are the problem. I see a definite way to transfer what is taken from the reading to the classroom. When dealing with these young students who don’t respond to the calculating self from a teacher the same as they would a peer. So teachers who appear to be less serious to their peers reach the students learning potential because they teach from the central self and not the calculating one.
Then from a personal stand point I think most adults present the calculating self, in a way that refers back to the previous chapter, because they are trying to measure up. And when they don’t measure up it can lead to negative thinking and speaking.
If not measuring up is persistent then they can begin the downward spiral talk about what is and is not possible.