Inspired to Learn: Learning from Our Role Models
By Indre Both
EDI 600 Psychological Foundation of Education
School of Education
Long Island University, C. W. Post
June 3, 2009
I think most of us can agree that the role model sharing portion overshadowed today’s lecture. I must say that maybe it’s a sign of me maturing but I felt so deeply touched and affected by almost every person’s recount of their role model and the reasons why. As different as we all are, it seems we all hurt the same. There were some really powerful stories shared.
What was inspiring to me and my take-home message was really the perseverance and drive that most of those adverse recounted situations created. Whether it was inspiration found from a father’s work ethic, innovative and creative former teacher to an incredibly moving story of a mother on the run from her abusive husband and wanting to protect her kids. We all carry some wounds or have people close to us that have been hurt. However, the beauty was that all of my classmates were able to find pure inspiration and motivation from those crushing circumstances.
Another part of the lesson where I gained tangible knowledge was sharing with our partners what we as future teachers can do to motivate our students. I hope we will continue to share our thoughts with real-life examples in the remaining lectures as sometimes these examples can have the greatest teaching value.
Long Island University, C. W. Post
June 3, 2009
I think most of us can agree that the role model sharing portion overshadowed today’s lecture. I must say that maybe it’s a sign of me maturing but I felt so deeply touched and affected by almost every person’s recount of their role model and the reasons why. As different as we all are, it seems we all hurt the same. There were some really powerful stories shared.
What was inspiring to me and my take-home message was really the perseverance and drive that most of those adverse recounted situations created. Whether it was inspiration found from a father’s work ethic, innovative and creative former teacher to an incredibly moving story of a mother on the run from her abusive husband and wanting to protect her kids. We all carry some wounds or have people close to us that have been hurt. However, the beauty was that all of my classmates were able to find pure inspiration and motivation from those crushing circumstances.
Another part of the lesson where I gained tangible knowledge was sharing with our partners what we as future teachers can do to motivate our students. I hope we will continue to share our thoughts with real-life examples in the remaining lectures as sometimes these examples can have the greatest teaching value.
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