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One of the things I learnt in years of therapy was that if you focus on the negatives constantly, you end up drained. For example, I spent most of my adult life as a single parent. I could have said it was too hard and decided I was a failure (and at points I did) or...
...I could have focused on the positive things I could do as a mother. The things I felt I taught about the value of things, and the value of time together as well as the value of adventure. And it takes a while to learn that those positives can mean more than the negatives...
...sometimes that’s really hard when we are surrounded by negatives. I’ve been there and it isn’t nice. What’s much more pleasant is being surrounded by those who say ‘wow, this is hard, but let’s make the best of it and focus on what we can do right now’...
...because there are always positives and always things you can do and can do well. There are also almost always solutions that make things better when things seem overwhelming. Nobody is perfect, and we shouldn’t strive to be...
...what we should do, and definitely at the moment, is just find the positives. I had some good lessons last week. I laughed with students, they learnt things, they had some feedback on their work. Is it the same as being at school?...
...No. But it is ok and better than nothing at all.
I’ve been teaching remotely a lot over the last half term. It’s got much better for me and the students, much of which has just come from making things simple...
I’ve been teaching remotely a lot over the last half term. It’s got much better for me and the students, much of which has just come from making things simple...
...I know that students really appreciate the times I spend with them online and they feel like they are learning. So, it’s not perfect, but it’s definitely ok.
And that is what I learnt from people who know how minds work better than me.
