Comments on: Great Faculties Make Great Schools http://www.witheringfig.com/education/great-faculties-make-great-schools/ In principio erat Verbum... Thu, 01 Dec 2011 15:11:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Matthew http://www.witheringfig.com/education/great-faculties-make-great-schools/comment-page-1/#comment-33926 Matthew Sat, 29 May 2010 01:46:50 +0000 http://www.witheringfig.com/?p=1447#comment-33926 So, umm, maybe this is a highly situational issue, but most students I interact with, follow the 3 steps: When a new student walks into a new uncomfortable setting, I think FIRST thing they want to know is "Is this a school where I can fit in and make friends?" Second, they ask, "What is the dress code like?" Third, "Are the teachers here cool and smart?" I think we as teachers overestimate our students to expect we are professionally smart and have it all together. But, in most cases, they are just high schoolers--teenagers, not adults! So, umm, maybe this is a highly situational issue, but most students I interact with, follow the 3 steps:
When a new student walks into a new uncomfortable setting, I think FIRST thing they want to know is “Is this a school where I can fit in and make friends?”

Second, they ask, “What is the dress code like?”

Third, “Are the teachers here cool and smart?”

I think we as teachers overestimate our students to expect we are professionally smart and have it all together. But, in most cases, they are just high schoolers–teenagers, not adults!

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