What is a Teacher? Back-to-School Motivational Speech for Teachers (We All Need a Pep Talk!)

The Shining Scholar Education Podcast (a Podcast for English and Language Arts Teachers!)

Show notes:

Summary: INTRO: Welcome and thank you for tuning in to The Shining Scholar Education Podcast where we talk about secondary English & Language Arts tips, strategies, and resources. We’ll also share the ups and downs in the wonderful world of teaching. I’m your host, Charlie, and I’m a teacher-creator here with Shining Scholar Education. We hope you enjoy the show!

(Summary)

• Maybe a teacher is

  • A weather
  • A fighter
  • A model for failure
  • A magician
  • A gardener
  • A model for kindness
  • A model for not holding grudge from one day to the other

  • A model for saying I’m sorry even though it means an adult apologizing to a kid

  • A person who the students can count on at least for that class period

  • A person who treats the student as an individual no matter what the other teachers and staff have said about him or her

  • The only positive adult that student sees that day

  • The only one that believes in that student
  • The catalyst that sparks a lifelong learner

Quotes for today:

“Education is not the filling of a pot but the lighting of a fire.” –W.B. Yeats “A teacher affects eternity; he [or she] can never tell where his influence stops.” —Henry B. Adams

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Links mentioned in this episode: Will Smith on failure: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1Gy5YjBMvk Famous failures https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLYECIjmnQs

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