Comments on: Wrong number? http://kwhobbes.edublogs.org/2007/04/19/wrong-number/ Discussions on education and learning Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:15:24 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Educational Discourse » Blog Archive » I’m an unqualified teacher http://kwhobbes.edublogs.org/2007/04/19/wrong-number/comment-page-1/#comment-2232 Educational Discourse » Blog Archive » I’m an unqualified teacher Sat, 23 Jun 2007 01:00:13 +0000 http://kwhobbes.edublogs.org/2007/04/19/wrong-number/#comment-2232 [...] of view even when I dont’ agree with them. As many of you know, I have used these points as reflection moments for me on a topic - seeing where they are coming from and trying to find solutions for what is [...] [...] of view even when I dont’ agree with them. As many of you know, I have used these points as reflection moments for me on a topic – seeing where they are coming from and trying to find solutions for what is [...]

]]> By: Educational Discourse » What will we do with these LD teachers? http://kwhobbes.edublogs.org/2007/04/19/wrong-number/comment-page-1/#comment-1575 Educational Discourse » What will we do with these LD teachers? Sat, 21 Apr 2007 20:28:54 +0000 http://kwhobbes.edublogs.org/2007/04/19/wrong-number/#comment-1575 [...] Wrong number? [...] [...] Wrong number? [...]

]]> By: Kimberly http://kwhobbes.edublogs.org/2007/04/19/wrong-number/comment-page-1/#comment-1561 Kimberly Sat, 21 Apr 2007 12:14:30 +0000 http://kwhobbes.edublogs.org/2007/04/19/wrong-number/#comment-1561 Kelly, don't sweat this so much. Another parent would never have gotten so upset. Parents, colleagues, and students have a great ability to project their emotions onto us-I'm working on maintaining my own energy without taking in everyone else's. We get up, we do the best we can all day, sometimes we make mistakes and like you, we're honest about them, we go home and kiss our family, then do it all again. And when we share this stuff on the blog, voila, we realize everyone else is in the same boat--next time I'll paddle! Kelly, don’t sweat this so much. Another parent would never have gotten so upset. Parents, colleagues, and students have a great ability to project their emotions onto us-I’m working on maintaining my own energy without taking in everyone else’s.

We get up, we do the best we can all day, sometimes we make mistakes and like you, we’re honest about them, we go home and kiss our family, then do it all again. And when we share this stuff on the blog, voila, we realize everyone else is in the same boat–next time I’ll paddle!

]]> By: Dave Sherman http://kwhobbes.edublogs.org/2007/04/19/wrong-number/comment-page-1/#comment-1552 Dave Sherman Sat, 21 Apr 2007 03:14:38 +0000 http://kwhobbes.edublogs.org/2007/04/19/wrong-number/#comment-1552 Kelly, I've done it numerous times - made mistakes with parents. The key is that you admitted your mistake. You took responsibility and apologized. We're only human. Don't be too hard on yourself. It is not the mistake that matters as much as the way you deal with the mistake. You modeled this well. - Dave Kelly,
I’ve done it numerous times – made mistakes with parents. The key is that you admitted your mistake. You took responsibility and apologized. We’re only human. Don’t be too hard on yourself. It is not the mistake that matters as much as the way you deal with the mistake. You modeled this well.
- Dave

]]> By: Carolyn Foote http://kwhobbes.edublogs.org/2007/04/19/wrong-number/comment-page-1/#comment-1516 Carolyn Foote Fri, 20 Apr 2007 01:53:44 +0000 http://kwhobbes.edublogs.org/2007/04/19/wrong-number/#comment-1516 I think you should check out this post: http://chalkdust101.blogspot.com/2007/04/we-all-make-mistakes-when-we-are.html Must be kismet, I just read it yesterday! I think you are being far too hard on yourself. I'm sure as an administrator you feel you must be perfect, but you are human as are the parents and the child. As educators, we do our best because we care, but that is the best we can do. As far as the web frenzy, I think if you are on a campus, it's the time of year when you are wearing down--at least that is how most of us on our campus feel. You'll get re-energized again. Hang in there. I think you should check out this post:

http://chalkdust101.blogspot.com/2007/04/we-all-make-mistakes-when-we-are.html

Must be kismet, I just read it yesterday!

I think you are being far too hard on yourself. I’m sure as an administrator you feel you must be perfect, but you are human as are the parents and the child.

As educators, we do our best because we care, but that is the best we can do.

As far as the web frenzy, I think if you are on a campus, it’s the time of year when you are wearing down–at least that is how most of us on our campus feel. You’ll get re-energized again.

Hang in there.

]]> By: kwhobbes http://kwhobbes.edublogs.org/2007/04/19/wrong-number/comment-page-1/#comment-1504 kwhobbes Thu, 19 Apr 2007 17:17:36 +0000 http://kwhobbes.edublogs.org/2007/04/19/wrong-number/#comment-1504 Scott, Graham; Thanks for the comments. I do see this as a place for discussion at a variety of levels. I do like to discuss what can be done and what is being done in the schools but I also know there will be much muddy water where the signs of where we are to go will be impossible to see. At those times we will need to be able to discuss how all this is affecting us and how we feel about the changes and how it is affecting our schools, relationships and interactions. Thanks for the feedback. No, no blog talking about me quitting and yes, I did feel better. The experience of working through my thoughts to express them here really helped. Scott, Graham;
Thanks for the comments. I do see this as a place for discussion at a variety of levels. I do like to discuss what can be done and what is being done in the schools but I also know there will be much muddy water where the signs of where we are to go will be impossible to see. At those times we will need to be able to discuss how all this is affecting us and how we feel about the changes and how it is affecting our schools, relationships and interactions. Thanks for the feedback. No, no blog talking about me quitting and yes, I did feel better. The experience of working through my thoughts to express them here really helped.

]]> By: Graham Wegner http://kwhobbes.edublogs.org/2007/04/19/wrong-number/comment-page-1/#comment-1497 Graham Wegner Thu, 19 Apr 2007 13:14:11 +0000 http://kwhobbes.edublogs.org/2007/04/19/wrong-number/#comment-1497 Mate, I make plenty of mistakes and occasionally blog them so don't feel you are alone. Self-expression is the name of the game here and if someone making a call to a parent/client/students checks before they err because of your post, then it was worth wading through the angst. Anyway, I'll bet you felt better after posting (or not)! I blog to learn and we learn from risk taking and mistakes, so just call it documenting your learning! Mate, I make plenty of mistakes and occasionally blog them so don’t feel you are alone. Self-expression is the name of the game here and if someone making a call to a parent/client/students checks before they err because of your post, then it was worth wading through the angst. Anyway, I’ll bet you felt better after posting (or not)! I blog to learn and we learn from risk taking and mistakes, so just call it documenting your learning!

]]> By: Scott S. Floyd http://kwhobbes.edublogs.org/2007/04/19/wrong-number/comment-page-1/#comment-1496 Scott S. Floyd Thu, 19 Apr 2007 13:02:13 +0000 http://kwhobbes.edublogs.org/2007/04/19/wrong-number/#comment-1496 Blogs allow for a lot of transparency if the blogger allows it. It can be an intimidating thing. Do we want the world to know our mistakes? Not really. We cannot show the chink in our armor if we are to be great leaders, right? You are dead on when you say that this is a great tool for our discourse for education, but it is also a great tool for our discourse of personal learning. If only our students would pick up on that and do the same, we could create a generation of introspective thinkers. Thanks for sharing. While it does not make the problem any easier to face, it does make the learning more valuable. You have created a new level of accountability for yourself in the way you handle these types of events at school because I know you are not ready to write the post titled "Well Crap! I Will Never Learn." Blogs allow for a lot of transparency if the blogger allows it. It can be an intimidating thing. Do we want the world to know our mistakes? Not really. We cannot show the chink in our armor if we are to be great leaders, right?

You are dead on when you say that this is a great tool for our discourse for education, but it is also a great tool for our discourse of personal learning. If only our students would pick up on that and do the same, we could create a generation of introspective thinkers.

Thanks for sharing. While it does not make the problem any easier to face, it does make the learning more valuable. You have created a new level of accountability for yourself in the way you handle these types of events at school because I know you are not ready to write the post titled “Well Crap! I Will Never Learn.”

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