It's not just trauma that children deal with but the inability to regulate their emotions. We need recess, play, and a lot more physical activity to help them learn to regulate their emotions (executive function). Otherwise they grow up to become adults who can't regulate them.
Honorary degrees shouldn’t be a thing anyway. You either went to school and got the degree or you didn’t. In my opinion it’s a slap in the face to the students who worked hard.
A Black man with 1 felony conviction can’t get a job at Walmart.
Half of the white people in America are going to vote for a white man with 34 felony convictions to be President of the United States.
Tell me again about how racism doesn’t exist in this nation.
Two developmental truths we have messed up in modern schooling:
1- Young students should be focusing on play for much longer. We push academics too early.
2- Teens should be focusing on hard work and massive responsibility much earlier. We delay real work for too long.
You CAN be the fun teacher, or the kind teacher, or the teacher that all the kids like, and still hold your students to very high expectations. That IS possible.
In education, forming real connections with students is crucial for success. Without these bonds, achieving genuine academic rigor is challenging. Students are more likely to reach their full potential when they believe the teacher cares about them and their best interests are central to the learning process. Building this belief relies on establishing strong and meaningful relationships.#Relationshipsbeforerigor