I’m a high school teacher who went to college to get her masters in education. It took me a good six years to get my degree and that’s a pretty long time. Because of that, I’ve been teaching since 2008 and my students have been with me for over a decade.
Most teachers I know have been there for a decade or more. I am not saying that they haven’t changed, but they also haven’t had to be constantly reminded of what they already know. For example, I teach a class on history and my students know that World War II happened, but they have a hard time remembering the first few pages of the book they were reading. I try my best to remind them, but for the most part they just don’t remember.
My students have a very difficult time remembering what they read. I would say the same about learning a new language, but then again, it’s a very different situation. I’ve had to keep reminding my students that they have to write a report about their research, because if they don’t, they’ll be unable to get their grades. While I am sure that it doesn’t help them remember things better, it does help me keep them on track.
I feel that this is something that is pretty universal. I am sure that there is a reason why we are learning about new things, and thats why its hard to remember what we read.
We have a huge diversity of concepts and ideas, but I think that it is really hard to keep things simple when you are in a big group where you have a lot of people who are both good and content, and you have a lot of people who are bad.
The concept of “keeping things simple” is actually a contradiction in terms. Keeping things simple doesn’t have meaning and yet, is important. It’s important not to make things complex because you can’t see the forest for the trees. Complex is like a fire, it’s easy to see the forest because it’s black, but hard to see the trees because it’s white.
It’s not always easy to see the forest for the trees because its black, but it is not impossible to see the forest for the trees, because its white.
This is a really simple concept, but it is actually quite important when you’re on autopilot for a new world.
Learning to be a successful person in this world takes a lot of work, and that work is often made difficult by the fact that the majority of people make their lives easier by ignoring it. Many people don’t have the self-awareness to recognize when there’s an external obstacle they need to work against. Often people fail to recognize their own motivations and what they’re actually doing because they simply don’t think they need to.
It might seem as if I have a lot of “wanting” to do with my career, but it actually is a lot more than that. I’ve gotten a lot of stuff done for my classes. It’s been a lot of time where I have to deal with more and more people, and I’m getting closer and closer to doing it.