in which i adore Peg Cagle July 2, 2012
Posted by Ashli in Teaching Philosophy.trackback
My interpretation of her words regarding teachers as professionals:
Don’t let anyone call you a ‘natural’. They may mean it as a compliment, but it diminishes the intellectual work that we do as professionals to become as good as we have to be to educate our children.
I love this, Ash! Reminds me of a time when friends and family talked about my son as being a natural athlete. He finally told us he hated this, actually cried and said to me, “I work really hard every day…”