"Talented"
Sir Ken Robinson speaks to the idea of talent and talented individuals in his talk at Tedx Liverpool but one major point resonated with me. The idea that teachers do not have all the answers and need to learn the power of "I don't know". Often educators feel a need to have an answer for every question that is asked to them, however, when you sit back and learn with your students you can build a relationship with them that is remarkable and possibly even draw out some of their talents in the process. The story of the music teacher who had two of the Beatles in his class remarkable because the teacher thought both of them to be untalented, this teacher believed that they had all of the answers when in fact they didn't, and as a consequence, missed a possibility to be a mentor and a coach to some of the most influential musicians who ever lived. I've been working as a paraprofessional and use wrestling coach for three years now and the lessons I've learned from t...