Every time I teach a new class, I have to try and win the students over again. This happens as many times as I have classes each term. I am in an endless loop of meeting students afresh and trying to win them over. I thoroughly enjoy teaching, so this repetition of "first dates" doesn't bother me at all. It just struck me as funny that we teachers do have to do this all the time. For some of us who teach, I think it's a great reminder that we don't get a second chance for the "first date" of meeting our students. The impression they get from that first day of class is hard, sometimes impossible, to move beyond. So teachers, be your best self when you meet those students. I will make sure that I am taking my own advice as I start a new term.
I have been teaching for a number of years now. I teach college courses, and so I have new students every term. It dawned on me (I'm a bit slow on some things) finally that teaching is a bit like the movie Fifty First Dates. If you haven't seen the movie, it's funny and touching and worth watching. Essentially, the main character falls in love with a woman that can't remember more than the day. She experienced trauma in an accident and has a specific form of amnesia. Each day, Henry (Adam Sandler) has to try and win Lucy (Drew Barrymore) again. Now on to how that relates to teaching.
Every time I teach a new class, I have to try and win the students over again. This happens as many times as I have classes each term. I am in an endless loop of meeting students afresh and trying to win them over. I thoroughly enjoy teaching, so this repetition of "first dates" doesn't bother me at all. It just struck me as funny that we teachers do have to do this all the time. For some of us who teach, I think it's a great reminder that we don't get a second chance for the "first date" of meeting our students. The impression they get from that first day of class is hard, sometimes impossible, to move beyond. So teachers, be your best self when you meet those students. I will make sure that I am taking my own advice as I start a new term.
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AuthorRyan Myers writes a variety of fiction. He plays the field from mystery to literary fiction to fantasy. He is also working on a memoir. Archives
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