I have a new Consequence Hierarchy and a new Behavior Tracker, both used universally by the teachers at the school. What if adults were monitored this way? I suppose we have jail and fines, but how often does it really come to that. Every time I jaywalk I feel like I should be losing points, except that it's New York.
And these are good students. I want so much for them. A lesson plan soars and it's execution is bogged down in time and reality. Why does it take so much longer to get through things than I had thought it would? Perhaps this is experience. I can imagine myself playing the cello, but I have yet to unite the vision of my classroom with its reality. One day I hope to be able to bring my mind up to speed with what can really be done, to gain that traction, the ability of mental practice and planning. I notice more and more about my students, more and more about my classroom. And there is still more to notice.
And tonight I began training with a fellow Tae Kwon Do member who has been training alone. It's so wonderful to be working out with someone again, to have his guidance, and to have another example of teaching in a teaching tradition that is very, very strong.
I think I want to be a master teacher. To feel as though I have mastered teaching, even though, from my experience with cello, I know that it doesn't mean that one has finished learning when one is a master. But I feel very young, or at least I am surrounded by many inspiring possibilities. Something new to learn in New York.
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