This is part one in a series on nurturing thriving learners from AffectiveLiving and WeAreTeachers. "Why do people go to school?" This is one of my favorite questions to ask my students. “Because we have to,” is usually the first thing I hear. But they know my response to what I call “have-to-ism:” You don't … Continue reading 23 Practices for a Thriving Life
A Graduation that Taught Me About Student Resilience
My favorite event of the school year is graduation. But it's not the graduation you are picturing. I love the graduation ceremony of our local alternative high school, the kind of school at which many teachers scoff. You know the one: filled with the “problems” and misfits that weren't smart enough, motivated enough, good enough … Continue reading A Graduation that Taught Me About Student Resilience
