{"id":220,"date":"2019-11-13T00:00:24","date_gmt":"2019-11-13T00:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/jenniferbairos\/?p=220"},"modified":"2019-11-13T00:00:24","modified_gmt":"2019-11-13T00:00:24","slug":"why-i-didnt-do-my-homework","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/jenniferbairos\/2019\/11\/13\/why-i-didnt-do-my-homework\/","title":{"rendered":"Why I Didn’t Do My Homework"},"content":{"rendered":"

I tried to do my homework. I really did. I’m a self-proclaimed goody two shoes, and I have always done my homework. Last year, parts of my Cohort 21 homework had graphs<\/a>. But this time, I felt really stuck. I even tried to get @estewart<\/a> to do my homework for<\/em> me.\u00a0 Oh, how the mighty have fallen.<\/p>\n

But, hear me out.<\/p>\n

I’d like to dive into student-teacher relationships, and specifically how I might foster these relationships in a second language with middle school students. I want to learn more about how my students feel and what my students need when it comes to these relationships; however, I worry that directly asking my students about this myself puts them in an uncomfortable position. They are kind people, and I know that openly asking my students to share extensively about their personal experiences feeling safe in my classroom might not yield the most honest results, because I’m sure they’d be worried about my feelings. Or maybe they’d be worried about how I judge how they feel. It feels extremely personal.<\/p>\n

Instead of chatting with my students, I’ve been speaking with other teachers at my school about student-teacher relationships. @estewart<\/a>\">@estewart<\/a><\/span> has been a great resource. Additionally, I’ve joined a book club at my school where we are reading a chapter a month from the book The Third Path<\/a> by Dr.David Tranter, Lori Carson, and Tom Boland. The goal of this book, and our book club, is to figure out how we can weave together both student-teacher relationships and curriculum in our classes.<\/p>\n

At our first meeting, one of my colleagues said that since she’s done training in The Third Path, whenever she feels conflict with a student, she often pauses to ask herself, “Is this going to build the relationship?” and I like that thinking. It certainly feels like it will create more peaceful days to let some things just go.<\/p>\n

I also had each of my students write a Take Care of Me Letter<\/a> at the beginning of the year. They wrote this letter in English; however, it was a really wonderful “get to know you” activity, that helped me quickly learn about my students in September.<\/p>\n

So, I’m trying. I didn’t do my homework, but I’ve tackled this question from a few other angles, and I’m looking forward to seeing what I can learn and try next, hopefully using French more often than English.<\/p>\n

See you Saturday!<\/p>\n

Jenn<\/p>\n

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