My Teacher Forever

Teachers,
Here is your weekly dose of “5-Point Friday.

My Teacher Forever —
I was participating in a #youmatter chat on twitter and a comment came up that interested me. It was from Justine Tarte from St. Louis Missouri. He said "Highly effective teachers don't just have students for one year; they have students who view them as 'their' teacher for life...". I thought about this for a moment and it is true. The teachers I remember that I consider "my" teachers are the ones that really had an impact on me. Mrs. Durbin my kindergarten teacher took time with me and helped be start out to be a pretty good reader. My third grade teacher Mrs. Fanning really helped me understand math and we had some great waffle parties. Sixth grade was Mr. Neighbor and he pushed me to do better. I wasn't fond of him because he was mean, but he was "my" teacher because he pushed and I grew. I had others but the one teacher I call mine was Mr. Frieberg. High school music teacher. I had him for 3 years and my friends and I got to know him pretty well. He took time to explain life to us. He scolded us when we were making bad choices. He praised us when we were doing well. He took time to find out who we were and we found out who he was. He took time. I don't remember most of my teachers. I would have to look back to see what they even looked like. So who are "your" teachers? Who made an impact on you? And what are you doing to make an impact on your students so they will consider you "their" teacher after they leave? What a badge of love to get from a student. My teacher forever.

Quote I’m pondering —
“Don't look—you might see. Don't listen—you might hear. Don't think—you might learn. Don't make a decision—you might be wrong. Don't walk—you might stumble. Don't run—you might fall. Don't live—you might die.”
― Anti-Risk Campaign Poster

What I’m watching —
Through the Eyes of a Teacher before Christmas
Kim showed me this and I thought everyone can relate to this in fact this is usually what happens during a full moon. Enjoy and laugh.

Favorite Article This Week —
6 Potential Brain Benefits Of Bilingual Education
I read this and found that our kids resemble these benefits. One other thing have read is that the benefits of dual immersion show up more as the students grow older. We are doing an amazing job teaching dual languages to amazing students. They will benefit. We are hearing about the benefits from former students. It will be more evident in the years to come. Keep up the great work.

A Big Thank You —
Thank you Cynthia and Teryn. Having the whole day classes, you are doing an amazing job. Seeing the successes you are having and the growth with your classes is exciting to watch. Being in a full day class with one group of kids after being in half day classes with two groups is a daunting task. It is a huge schedule and curriculum reset. But you have taken the task and have done some pretty fun things that most classes are unable to do with half day classes. Thank you for doing such an amazing job. Thank you for all you do. Thank you.

I appreciate all of you and your hard work. Have a wonderful weekend.