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Sunday, August 1, 2010

Wk 4.Comment 1 Amanda Beery - the Blame Game - chap 10-12 The Art of Possibility

Week 4- Chapters 10-12

Ah, the blame game. My students would do better if the teachers they had last year taught them more, their parents were more involved, we have more money to spend on them. I have what I have and I am given the students I am given…I can find excuses for why they aren’t performing at the highest levels or I can look for ways to help them achieve more. I choose to look for ways to help them achieve more.
I like the idea of thinking of myself as the board, rather than a single chess piece. When I am in a situation that I am not happy with or frustrated I should look at where I am and how I got there…then determine what I can do to change the place that I am in.
What, me blame my self?  When there are so many other people we can choose to blame?  Aw, that doesn't sound like much fun!  Seriously, you are right.  I had to write a letter to Joe a week ago, putting blame on me for not seeing that discussion 1 and 2 were different, even though the titles were the same.  I thought he had made a mistake and had just done 1 two times.  BUT, who can you blame when you didn't actually check it out and find out they were different?  Oh yes, that would be ME!  I could only blame me.  It made me mad, too, as I hate not making a 100%, especially since I could have and would have made a 100% IF I HAD CHECKED IT OUT!  But no, I blamed Joe for making a mistake.  
But, to be fair, I wrote him and told him of my mistake and my blame.   Yes, we need to learn this.  Fortunately for me, one thing that helps me in this is I can't lie.  I have tried, but everyone knows I can't lie and I'm horrible at it.  Just ask me to lie about something and watch me.  I have found life is so much easier, in this area, to not lie and just face the blame.  Maybe the kids will figure it out one day. 

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