Schools experience many internal and external chaotic moments. Often, in the moment, nobody actually knows the completely correct thing to do. There is policy on paper, which is more often than not conflicted by our "human nature" policy. In the moment, emotions are too high to make a decision, but when nothing is done in... Continue Reading →
Modelling Excellence, Sharing Goals, and Inspiring Growth
Term 3 is about to start for schools that follow a 4-term system. Also, the second semester is about to start for students in university. As a teacher who is also a student, not necessarily a student teacher, I fall into both categories. Actually, I wonder, if I'm in the Education Faculty, am I permanently... Continue Reading →
Coming out of the chaos
In the last few weeks before schools closed for Term 2, a colleague said to me, "I noticed that you haven't been writing for your blog anymore." Literally today, a connection I made with someone says to me, "I know you write an education blog write ..." My general response is that I know that... Continue Reading →
Discipline doesn’t mean shhh …
I read somewhere a long time ago that saying, "keep quiet" vs. "quiet down" is not the same thing. In your classroom, you need to let your learners know exactly what you mean. Do you want complete silence, or do you just want a general awareness of the volumes of their voices? As teachers, we... Continue Reading →
Thoughts of a Matric Teacher 2.0
Congratulations to all the matriculants who have not only passed but have also achieved their version of success. I find that very important because nationally, the bar for success is quite low so really a large majority can succeed, but those who aim for the moon 🌙 and almost touch it are the ones who... Continue Reading →