In all my time in school, roughly 15 years now, I've learnt that being the manager of my education can be hard or easy, especially when applied to an assignment. It all depends on two things: the way a teacher pushes his/her students, and the grit I (or any other student) have for the assignment.
Grit is what drives all people into learning what they want to learn, or need to learn for a reason that is important to the person. Having grit is important, and what is more important is using grit for the right reasons. If I take what little grit I have and apply it to an assignment, then it will make the overall difference in my school work.
Sadly, I'm still working on doing this.
However, grit isn't all that a student like me needs to accomplish an assignment. Another factor for completion of such a task is also how much energy and passion a teacher puts in pushing his/her students in doing an assignment. Ever find it easier to listen to a lesson on a subject when the teacher talks with passion in their speech? This is also the case for school assignment, because its also a lesson, one that a teacher has made for the student to learn about something themselves.
If a teacher puts energy/passion into his/her students completing an assignment, then the students will pick up on this energy themselves and use it to work harder on their own work.
So, with the right attitude from a teacher and enough forced grit, school assignments become not as much boring homework, but a fun learning challenge.
Nice posting Jackie, and I'm impressed you got it done on time even though we missed your presence today. I like how you transferred the previous conversation about Grit to this topic. Your comments are both analytical and positive, which is a powerful combination.
ReplyDeleteA couple minor technical issues;
- however, a conjunction
- it's also a lesson - contraction