Virtual teaching. I will be the first to admit, that is not the way education should be done but it is a current reality for many of us including my youngest daughter who is doing it with second graders. A bit of advice for all of us who are, have, or will be trying to pull that off. The number one rule of teaching is to ensure the student knows you have this great secret, a secret that will change their life, (art in my case) and that your overwhelming desire in life is to show them how much you care for them by sharing the secret with them. Art for me, as I hope math and science are for my fellow teachers, is the way in which God reveals so much of himself to me. Now in order to hear me fully, you must realize I am not making a theological or religious statement but a factual one. Everyone will admit that this cosmos we call home is fabulously, exquisitely, thoughtfully made in one of the premier kindness ever conceived. Not only does the cosmos keep us alive it also serves to offer us great secrets that all humans seem to be hardwired to explore, find in it a fascination that keeps us exploring. Everyone will also admit we are born explorers, adventurers, trailblazers. Most of us find these traits in movie stars and sports heroes and live vicariously through them but at our base, we really would like to be that person our self. And therein is the secret to education, we are that person—and a great teacher will bring that out in us. It is called loving enough to care to lead the way to the greatest adventure of all time—Life (and that is a religious statement).
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