How Not To Get Your Soul Sucked Out As A Teacher
Forgive me while I rant today... I just started reading the updated edition of Sark's New Creative Companion: Ways to Free Your Creative Spirit . On page 7, she describes how in first grade she "began to invent illnesses so [she] could stay home from school and read, write and create. One year [she] missed 92 days." 92!!?? Is that not screaming, "SCHOOL SUCKS AND IS KILLING OUR MOST CREATIVE KIDS!" ? Flashback to summer... I spent a lovely 8 weeks getting ready to ROCK this school year. I mean, ROCK IT. I read books on creativity and choice: Shift This by Joy Kirr about getting kids more engaged by getting them to own learning at school; Unstuck: 52 Ways to Get and Keep Your Creativity Flowing at Home, at Work and In Your Studio by Noah Scalin (Where the heck is school in that title?!), which has tons of fun ideas to inspire passion - to get you out of your rut; and How To Be An Explorer of the World by Keri Smith, about living more w