You must be a new teacher...

Forgot to add about something that happened in the staff area in my previous blog. During lunch my CT was telling us a story about how she remembered getting into trouble in elementary school (and she hardly ever did) for blowing up a plastic bag and then popping it to make that really loud noise. I'll admit I do this as an adult and I have seen others as well because it's just fun. Well, she said that she remembered getting yelled at and then upset because she was in trouble. I made the comment that she could have used that as a 'teachable moment' and talked about why the bag made that sound when their wasn't a noise maker inside, and talked about how pressure effects the bag. Anyway, after that one of the other teachers (younger as well) made the comment "you  must be a new teacher." Then some of the others kind of laughed and nodded in agreement. I thought this was sad in a way because it shows that they had lost that spark for teaching to think that way. I did see my CT's eyes like up when I said that which did make me feel good. Hopefully I can continue to find those teachable moments. I think they are some of the most valuable lessons for student and often relate more to real-life critical thinking then the boring grammar workbooks or spelling words.