Back from the campus

I was just back from the campus. I stopped by the computer room to get my favorite book. It is "Devevolping a Thinking Skills Program". After I got the book I didn't start to go home. Instead, I turned on my computer and searched for "thinking skill" at google.com. Among what I have got is the interesting links for teacher. They are:

1. NWArchive with its "Teaching Thinking Skill".
2. AdPrima, a website full of Education Information for New and Future Teachers.

Ahh, thank God. I have to stop now and start to go home. It has been 17.37 in the afternoon.

An idea of professional development

School is a complex setting in which teachers and students are engaged in teaching and learning activities. In one hand, teachers have been regarded as the givers while the students are the recievers. This is the relationship between teachers and students, and nothing is changed so far.

Either teachers or students are human, where each part should realize the importance of making better changing for each own benefits. Teachers usually help students to improve. What about teachers? Who will help teachers to improve?

Where am I supposed to be

A friend of mine, also a teacher, happened to say something she thinks about me. As we are at the same school here, she said: "I think you are not appropriate to teach here."

This statement of course made me confused. I have been teaching in this school for about ten years now. Never people say that kind of statement. Only after the new headmaster sits in his chair, some people have suggested the same thing. "It is better for you to move away! There are good things you can do out there. While you are here, there is only few things, trivial ones. Your chances will come if you want to move away."

To the teacher I said: "I am here because I believe that nobody is perfect, so perfect there nothing to learn. For me, there are three steps we need take in turns. First step is to be a student where we do studying so that we are the knower, the abler, and the well-informed. Second step is to be doer as a leader. Only after we get the knowledge do we lead to make any dream comes true. With the knowledge in hand, we can perform a better life. The rest is to be a teacher, that is to share we have in mind and in experience."