Went to read Educational Discourse recently, after a couple of well-written and thoughtful comments on this blog by Principal Kelly. He writes as follows,
Really, we, as educators, live in a world of dichotomy – where one part of our world is moving so quickly it takes our breath away while the other side hardly seems to move at all. There we are, stuck in the middle trying to somehow bring these two together. Some people are doing a fantastic job while others are so overwhelmed that they stick with what they know, which, we are finding, doesn’t fit with our present students which is causing some serious problems.
Just want to mention that I really get that–thank you Kelly for bringing to light something I wasn’t quite grabbing, something which always results in my total lack of patience with progress. (Just ask my boss.) The time spent reading and learning and planning versus the time spent trying to move a system two inches. That’s what makes the problem solving part of our jobs so intriguing–knowing what’s out there and trying to figure out how to bring it in. And what to bring in. And when. And how to pay for it. And convincing those who have decision making ability about the money that our initiative is worthwhile. Intriguing. Challenging. Frustrating. Worth it.
Couldn’t agree with you more. All of that and some other stuff too! That is why, when we should be heading off to bed, we spend that little extra time reading or bloggin or doing whatever we do. It’s our passion – something that very few people understand. Keep up the good work!