I think that it’s likely that every generation will complain about the younger generations as they get older. Heck, I even find myself shaking my head at the undergrad youths these days.

It seems likely to me that we develop senses of what works and what doesn’t as we get older, but younger folks are willing to challenge the status quo and do things in their own ways. To the older generations, it looks like they have no idea what they’re doing, and that’s because they don’t! But that’s also how innovation happens.

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I think that it’s likely that every generation will complain about the younger generations as they get older. Heck, I even find myself shaking my head at the undergrad youths these days.

It seems likely to me that we develop senses of what works and what doesn’t as we get older, but younger folks are willing to challenge the status quo and do things in their own ways. To the older generations, it looks like they have no idea what they’re doing, and that’s because they don’t! But that’s also how innovation happens.

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I love that phrasing! I too have learned to “know myself, fight with myself, and improve myself.” I think we often think of people that “have great character” without thinking that we can develop our own character.

Thanks for your comment!

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I love that phrasing! I too have learned to “know myself, fight with myself, and improve myself.” I think we often think of people that “have great character” without thinking that we can develop our own character.

Thanks for your comment!

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Thanks for your reply! Added context to the list!

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I’m with you here. We have the capacity to impact our colleagues and students for the better in this profession.

We need to find that calling so that we can really live into it.

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“People who seeks to be good teachers will be”

I love this and completely agree! We can talk strategies all day, but having a passion for teaching is one of the key ingredients for teaching!

Awesome! It’s going on the list!

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I’ve only traveled outside of the country once, but being in a department that is 2/3 international students, the world has traveled right here!

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I completely agree. I think that Palmer’s emphasis on emotional intelligence is related to the idea, which I subscribe to, that we need to a better job of incorporating into the classroom exactly the kind of outside-the-classroom education that you’re referencing.

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